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Introduc;on • This(short(graphic(novel(portrays(a(general(idea(of(how( detainees(at(Guantanamo(Bay(are(treated(like.(This(short( story(has(been(inspired(by(the(story(of(a(German(detainee,( Murat(Kunaz,(who(was(later(released.(Through(his(story,( many(were(able(to(relate(and(understand.(He(wasn’t(the( only(one(who(was(facing(those(Human(rights(viola;on.(The( main(right(that(is(being(violated(is(the(one(under(Ar;cle(5( of(the(UDHM(which(states(that,(“no(one(should(be( subjected(to(torture(or(to(cruel,(inhuman(or(degrading( treatment(or(punishment.(So,(this(story(is(about(a(guy(who( faces(all(these(tortures.(Being(brought(to(Guantanamo(Bay,( he(represents(all(the(other(detainees(who(have(suffered( enough(and(are(without(a(voice.(
To(help(these(poor(humans,(who(are(detained(for(no(good(reason(visit(the( hPps://www.aclu.org/closeSguantanamo(to(help(them.(Donate(money,(par;cipate(in( protest(and(help(them(reveal(to(the(world,(what(an(atrocity(this(is.(( Please(also(share(this(short(graphic(novel(to(spread(awareness.(
Bibliography( ( "An(Innocent(in(the(Terror(Prison:(The(Guantanamo(File(on(Germany's(Murat(Kurnaz(S( SPIEGEL(ONLINE."(SPIEGEL'ONLINE.(N.p.,(n.d.(Web.(17(Apr.(2014.( SOne(of(the(first(basic(stories(of(Murat(Kunaz,(which(sparked(off(the(research(into(looking(at( torture(as(the(main(human(rights(that(was(violated.(This(lead(to(further(sources(to(look(into( and(take(into(account.(( (( "Guantanamo's(Secrets."(Na+onal'Geographic'Channel.(N.p.,(n.d.(Web.(17(Apr.(2014.( SThis(video(was(a(reconstruc;on(of(the(place(and(the(situa;ons(that(the(prisoners(faced.(This( offered(me(a(bePer(insight(into(what(possibly(takes(place(in(the(prison.(How(the(prisoners( react,(how(the(human(body(reacts(to(the(tortures.(Physical(as(well(as(psychological( tormen;ng(was(well(visualized.(All(the(source(images(were(drawn(from(this(video.( (( "(((I(Saw(Many(Killed(Under(Torture:((Guantanamo(Torture(Survivor((:(Video((:((((((Informa;on( Clearing(House:(ICH."('''I'Saw'Many'Killed'Under'Torture:''Guantanamo'Torture'Survivor'':' Video'':''''''Informa+on'Clearing'House:'ICH.(N.p.,(n.d.(Web.(17(Apr.(2014.( SThis(source(gave(me(a(general(background(of(the(story(of(Murat(Kunaz.(It(lead(me(to(think( about(choosing(a(main(story(for(the(graphic(novel(and(look(into(other(stories(of(detainees.(( ((
Kurnaz,(Murat.("Notes(From(a(GuantĂĄnamo(Survivor."(The'New'York'Times.(The(New( York(Times,(07(Jan.(2012.(Web.(17(Apr.(2014.( SThis(source(provided(the(notes(that(detainees(had(sent(home.(This(gave(me(an(idea(of( how(even(lePers(and(notes,(both(coming(in(and(going(out(were(censored(and(carefully( examined.(( (( Leonard,(Tom.("Inside(Guantanamo(Bay:(Horrifying(Pictures(Show(the(Restraint(Chairs,( Feeding(Tubes(and(Opera;ng(Theatre(Used(on(Inmates(in(Terror(Prison."(Mail'Online.( Associated(Newspapers,(28(June(2013.(Web.(17(Apr.(2014.( SThis(site(showed(me(the(perimeter(of(Guantanamo(bay(prison(and(the(other( conďŹ nements(inside(the(perimeter.(There(were(some(visuals(of(the(torture(chambers,( the(cells,(the(cages,(the(infrastructure(and(the(surroundings.(This(gave(me(an(idea(as(to( how(I(can(use(these(to(come(up(with(the(plot(of(the(story.(( (( (( "The(Story(of(Guantanamo(Survivor(Murat(Kurnaz(|(CAIRSChicago."CAIRChicago(RSS.( N.p.,(n.d.(Web.(17(Apr.(2014.( SThis(source(was(one(of(the(main(stories(that(was(used(in(the(story.(It(provided(the( details(of(how(he(was(detained,(the(struggles(he(had(to(face.(This(led(to(me(think(about( how(to(portray(his(story(and(gave(me(an(idea.(It(struck(me(that(to(portray(his(story,(i( could(use(other(stories(along(with(his(to(come(up(with(just(one(general(one(which(would( convey(the(message(and(the(resemble(what(goes(down(in(GSbay(( ((
"Torture(At(Guantanamo(|(New(Security(Ac;on."(Torture'At'Guantanamo'|'New'Security' Ac+on.(N.p.,(n.d.(Web.(17(Apr.(2014.( SThis(was(where(i(read(the(stories(of(two(dierent(muslim(detainees.(Their(story(was(well( wriPen(and(their(descrip;on(of(the(place,(including(the(details(of(the(pain(they(had(gone( through.(These(two(stories(gave(me(emo;onal(mo;va;on(which(helped(me(combine(all( the(three(stories.(This(made(me(come(up(with(a(ďŹ nal(story(where(all(the(three(prior( stories(combined,(came(together(to(produce(something(basic(yet(powerful.( (
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