This searing memoir shares the trauma and triumphs of Lakhdar
Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir's time inside America's most
notorious prison. Lakhdar and Mustafa were living quiet, peaceful
lives in Bosnia when, in October 2001, they were arrested and
accused of participating in a terrorist plot. After a three-month
investigation uncovered no evidence, all charges were dropped and
Bosnian courts ordered their freedom. However, under intense U.S.
pressure, Bosnian officials turned them over to American soldiers.
They were flown blindfolded and shackled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
where they were held in outdoor cages for weeks as the now-infamous
military prison was built around them. Guantanamo became their home
for the next seven years. They endured torture and harassment and
force-feedings and beatings, all the while not knowing if they
would ever see their families again. They had no opportunity to
argue their innocence until 2008, when the Supreme Court issued a
landmark ruling in their case, Boumediene v. Bush, confirming
Guantanamo detainees' constitutional right to challenge their
detention in federal court. Weeks later, the George W.
Bush–appointed federal judge who heard their case, stunned by the
absence of evidence against them, ordered their release. Now living
in Europe and rebuilding their lives, Lakhdar and Mustafa are
finally free to share a story that every American ought to know.
Learn more at witnessesbook.com or donate to a crowdsourced
restitution fund at GoFundMe.com/witnesses.
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