Inside Guantanamo
Posted by Trix on Feb 19 2009
Army Private Brandon Neely gives inside information on what’s been going on at Guantanamo. Not for the faint of heart or those with inability to direct anger in productive ways…
Scott Horton in Harpers:
Neely describes the arrival of detainees in full sensory-deprivation garb, he details their sexual abuse by medical personnel, torture by other medical personnel, brutal beatings out of frustration, fear, and retribution, the first hunger strike and its causes, torturous shackling, positional torture, interference with religious practices and beliefs, verbal abuse, restriction of recreation, the behavior of mentally ill detainees, an isolation regime that was put in place for child-detainees, and his conversations with prisoners David Hicks and Rhuhel Ahmed. It makes for fascinating reading.
Full article.
Transcript of Neely interview by Human Rights of the Americas.