Al-Qahtani Suicide Attempt at Guantanamo

Mohammed al-Qahtani, the Guantanamo detainee the Pentagon alleges was to be the "20th hijacker" attempted suicide in April, according to his lawyer, who was not allowed to reveal it until today due to the need for the Pentagon to clear her notes.
Mohammed al-Qahtani cut himself at least three times and had to be hospitalized at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba, attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez said. Al-Qahtani made the suicide attempt after learning military prosecutors filed capital charges against him and five other Guantanamo prisoners for their alleged roles in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"I cannot accept this injustice," the lawyer quoted him as saying. "If I have to stay in this jail, I want to put an end to this suffering."
The Center for Constitutional Rights represents al-Qahtani and has much more information on his case and newly disclosed documents. Their press release today is here.
The torture techniques approved against al-Qahtani are below the fold:
• Beatings • Severe sleep deprivation combined with 20-hour interrogations for months at a time • Threats of rendition to other countries that torture • Explicit threats made against his family, including female members of his family • Strip searches, body searches and forced nudity, at times in the presence of female personnel • Sexual humiliation • Humiliation by forcing him to bark like a dog, dance with a mask on his face, and pick up piles of trash with his hands cuffed while he was called “a pig” • Denial of the right to practice his religion, including prohibiting him from praying for prolonged times and during Ramadan • Threats to desecrate the Koran in front of him • Attacks by dogs • Forcible administration of frequent IVs by medical personnel during interrogation • Being placed in acute stress positions for hours at a time • Being placed in tight restraints repeatedly for many months or days and nights • Exposure to low temperatures for extended periods of time • Exposure to loud music for prolonged times • At least 160 days of severe isolation
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