The Guantánamo Bay detention camp, or Gitmo, is a U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba that was constructed beginning in 2002. It was created to house Muslim militants and suspected terrorists captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. The camp has faced worldwide condemnation and controversy over alleged violations of the legal rights of detainees under the Geneva Conventions, as well as accusations of torture or abusive treatment of detainees by U.S. authorities. Since 2002, about 780 people have been held at Gitmo.

The Guantánamo Bay detention camp, or Gitmo, was constructed in stages beginning in 2002 to house Muslim militants and suspected terrorists captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. The Bush administration argued that detainees were not covered by the U.S. Constitution because the detention facilities were not on U.S. soil. The facility has been the focus of worldwide controversy over alleged violations of the legal rights of detainees under the Geneva Conventions and accusations of torture or abusive treatment of detainees by U.S. authorities.

The Guantánamo Bay detention camp is a U.S. detention facility located on the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in southeastern Cuba. It was constructed in stages beginning in 2002 to house Muslim militants and suspected terrorists captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. Often called "Gitmo", the facility has been the focus of worldwide controversy over alleged violations of the legal rights of detainees and accusations of torture or abusive treatment by U.S. authorities.