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Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay

Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay

Colangelo-Bryan, Joshua

Hardcover

Political BiographiesGeneral LawSocial Movements

Publisher Price: $27.00

ISBN10: 1967494002
ISBN13: 9781967494002
Publisher: Humanitas Media Publishing
Published: Oct 14 2025
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
An inspiring true story about an American attorney and his client confronting prejudice and persecution in a prison outside the law, as one fights for the other's freedom, and the other fights for his life.

We'll be watching, the sergeant said, pointing at a video monitor inside Camp Echo's guard booth. For your protection.

In 2004, attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan arrived at Guantanamo Bay to meet Jaber Mohammed, one of six Bahraini detainees his firm had agreed to represent. Colangelo-Bryan had heard these men were among the most dangerous, best-trained, vicious killers on the face of the earth, as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld put it. Colangelo-Bryan didn't buy the rhetoric, but did find himself wondering if he was about to meet a killer.

Far from being threatening, though, Mohammed welcomed Colangelo-Bryan, even as his ankle was shackled to the floor. Why was Mohammed there? Was he guilty of a crime? These were among the questions Colangelo-Bryan had to answer. Surprisingly, the two spoke for hours about their lives. Mohammed also detailed the inhumane conditions at the prison, including abuse by guards and solitary confinement.

A friendship grew over time, as Colangelo-Bryan worked to bring justice to Mohammed. The Bush administration claimed any enemy combatant could be held in Guantanamo forever without a trial, and it became clear that litigation was unlikely to free the Bahrainis. And so, as Mohammed lost hope, Colangelo-Bryan devised a plan to leverage the media and pressure the Bahraini government to negotiate for the release of its citizens. Colangelo- Bryan's long fight for the Bahrainis was ultimately successful, and in 2007, after several suicide attempts, Mohammed was freed.

Through the Gates of Hell is a powerful account of an unlikely friendship and what it takes to fight for human rights in the post-9/11 era.

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