Heather Cerveny

Who is Heather Cerveny?

Sergeant Heather Cerveny is a member of the United States Marine Corps, and a paralegal. Cerveny who submitted an affidavit describing boasts of abusive treatment meted out to detainees held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Her claims were rejected by a military investigator and she was later accused of making a false statement.

Press reports state Cerveny is 23 years old, was only assigned to assist in the defense of Guantanamo detainees in September, and that the incident she reported occurred on one of her visits to the base.

The Department of Defense's Inspector General announced that another inquiry would be launched into detainee treatment, based on Cerveny's affidavit.

Previous inquiries, like the Schmidt report concluded that abuse at the camps was degrading, but did not rise to the level of "inhumane".