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Fayiz Mohamad Al Kandari: March 21, 2013 (For Those in the World Who Pray for Us)
Dear Mr. Warner, I made this lantern with my brothers – it’s made with bits of paper and cardboard. We used a water bottle sanded on the floor as glass. We painted it with bits of p… more →
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Fayiz Mohamad Al Kandari: March 21, 2013 (For Those in the World Who Pray for Us)
wrote 1 week ago: Dear Mr. Warner, I made this lantern with my brothers – it’s made with bits of pa … more →
Guantanamo Bay Detainees: May 30, 2013 (An Open Letter to My Military Doctor: Allow Independent Medical Access)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Dear Doctor, I do not wish to die, but I am prepared to run the risk that I may end up doing so, bec … more →
Mohamedou Ould Slahi: 2006 (Guantanamo Unclassified: 'Confessions are Like the Beads of a Necklace')
wrote 2 weeks ago: Slahi continued to be interrogated in complete isolation through September and October. On Oct. 17, … more →
Mohamedou Ould Slahi: 2006 (Guantanamo Unclassified: 'That is not a doctor, that is a human butcher!')
wrote 2 weeks ago: When I heard Egypt, and a new rendition, my heart was pounding. I hated the endless world tour I was … more →
Zachary Adam Chesser: June 2, 2013 (For our Starving Brothers - A Message from Gitmo North)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: As I write this, I am sitting at a desk in a facility known as Guantanamo North, and my words in sup … more →
Mohamedou Ould Slahi: 2006 (Guantanamo Unclassified: Caribbean Cruise Torture)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: In July 2003, as Slahi’s “special interrogation” continued, Guantánamo commander Maj. Gen. Geoffrey … more →
Mohamedou Ould Slahi: 2006 (Guantanamo Unclassified: 'Welcome to Hell')
wrote 2 weeks ago: In July 2003, more than a month into his “special interrogation,” documents show that Slahi was inte … more →
Mohamedou Ould Slahi: 2006 (Guantanamo Unclassified:'I was Just Wishing to Pass Out so I Didn’t Have to Suffer')
wrote 2 weeks ago: For his first several months in Guantánamo, Slahi was interrogated by agents from the FBI and the Na … more →
Mohamedou Ould Slahi: 2006 (Guantanamo Unclassified: 'Brothers, Don’t Worry; Here, in Cuba, There is No Torture')
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Mohamedou Ould Slahi voluntarily turned himself in for questioning to police in his native Ma … more →
Jesse Curtis Morton: May 21, 2012 (Tragedy of the Drone: The Long-term Costs of Obama's Favorite Weapon)
wrote 3 weeks ago: In the immediate aftermath of the recent Boston bombings, many commentators compared the crime scene … more →
Chauncey Lamont Hawkins: May 24, 2013 (Response to Woolwich Killing)
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Samir Naji al-Hasan Moqbel: April 14, 2013 (Gitmo Is Killing Me)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: One man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a mo … more →
Babar Ahmad: The Earliest Recorded Extradition Request in History
wrote 4 weeks ago: British politicians frequently boast about how the foundations of ‘modern’ British law a … more →
Zachary Adam Chesser: May 2, 2013 (Dedicated in Hardship & Ease)
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wrote 4 weeks ago: BismIllaah ir-Rahmaan ir-Rahiim, 22 Jumaad ath-Thaani, 1434 As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatUllaa … more →
Zachary Adam Chesser: May 21, 2013 (Good News on Prayer Lawsuit)
wrote 4 weeks ago: In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy: I am just writing to all of you to in … more →
Babar Ahmad: July 2008 (No Man, Let Alone a Prisoner, Can Live Without Hope)
wrote 4 weeks ago: I have now spent nearly an eighth of my life in prison. Life in prison is a journey into the unknown … more →
Fulan: 2010 (A Witness & A Call)
wrote 1 month ago: A Witness and a Call From your imprisoned brothers in the Guantanamo of Britain (Belmarsh Prison) To … more →
Shaker Aamer: May 2013 (They Try to Reduce You to Nothingness)
wrote 1 month ago: I began my hunger strike on February 12, 2013. There was a time when I worried about a whole lot of … more →
Fulan: August 18, 2012 (What a Strange World)
wrote 1 month ago: 44:27 ١٤٣٣/١٨/٩ To the one who’s heart is in my chest… With a broken pen I write, in a m … more →
