Mr. Al-Ghizzawi, one of the Guantanamo detainees who is very ill and whose condition we’ve been following, has told his attorney, Candace Gorman, that the Guantanamo doctor informed him he has AIDS, contracted only after arriving at Guantanamo. Here’s the story from Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files:
Horror at Guantánamo: Libyan detainee infected with AIDS
It really doesn’t get any worse than this.
Candace Gorman, lawyer for Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi, a Libyan detainee at Guantánamo, reports that her client has been infected with AIDS. Mr. al-Ghizzawi explained to his lawyer in a letter that he was told about his infection by a doctor at Guantánamo, adding that he believes that the infection took place in 2004, when he was given a blood test, which “resulted in alarm amongst the hospital staff,” although he was not given any explanation for the alarm at the time….
Read the rest at:
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=215
Now’s the time for those letters! Candace Gorman says to contact all of the following:
Condoleezza Rice
U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520
+202-647-4000 (main switchboard)
John. B. Bellinger III
Legal Advisor
Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Rm. 6423
Washington D.C. 20520
VIA FACSIMILE +202-647-7096
DON’ FORGET
Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, Commander Joint Task Force Guantánamo
Department of Defense , Joint Task Force Guantánamo, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, APO AE 09360
Fax: +1 305 437 1241
Salutation: Dear Rear Admiral
THEN THERE IS ALSO:
J. Alan Liotta, Principal Director, Office of Detainee Affairs
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, 2900 Defense Pentagon, Washington DC 20301-2900, USA
Email via: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html
Salutation: Dear Director
PLEASE SEND COPIES TO:
Member of US Congress
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, 1027 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, USA
Fax: + 1 202 226 6890
REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY (Candace’s REPRESENTATIVE) HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AND IT IS GOOD TO LET HER KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE HER HELP…..
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