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Guantanamo Suicides

My Trip to Guantanamo: It Must Be Closed

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Guantanamo, Guantanamo Suicides, Guantanamo Uighurs, GuantáNamo Bay, Uyghurs, Gitmo, Guantanamo Detainees, World News
Rep. Jan Schakowsky

Decisions about placement of prisoners are made based on their level of compliance. It has nothing to do with alleged terrorist activities or crimes, since no one -- you got it -- no one has been convicted of anything.

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Death at Guantanamo Hovers Over Obama's Middle East Visit

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

A death at Guantánamo is always felt keenly in the Muslim world, and is also uncomfortable for the Obama administration, which claims that it is running a "humane" facility.

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Forgotten: The Second Anniversary of a Guantanamo Suicide

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

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Andy Worthington

Today, unnoticed in the Western media (although I can't vouch for the Arabic world) is the second anniversary of the death at Guantánamo -- apparently by suicide -- of Abdul Rahman al-Amri.

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Guantanamo's Long-Term Hunger Striker Should Be Sent Home

Andy Worthington | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

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Andy Worthington

Ahmed Zuhair, a 35-year old Saudi prisoner at Guantánamo -- and a father of ten -- has been on a hunger strike since June 2005, at the start of a fra...

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Guantanamo Suicide Report: Truth or Travesty?

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

Two years and two months after three prisoners at Guantánamo died, apparently as the result of a coordinated suicide pact, the Naval Criminal Investi...

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Gloom at Guantanamo on Anniversary of Triple Suicide

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abdul Rahman Al-Amri, Ali Al-Salami, Mani Al-Utaybi, Yasser Al-Zahrani, Guantanamo Suicides, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

According to Human Rights Watch, the intolerable situation and chronic mental health problems that drove three prisoners to commit suicide at Guantanamo prevails to this day.

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The Forgotten Anniversary of a Guantánamo Suicide

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

Abdul Rahman al-Amri committed suicide in Guantánamo after been held without charge or trial for five and a half years. He said his intent was to fight for a cause he believed in as a Muslim toward jihad, not to fight against the Americans.

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