What kind of house of horrors are they running at Guantánamo, anyway?

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…..

The Worst of the worst?

Who are the ten Saudis just released from Guantánamo?

“Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, looks at the stories of the ten Saudis released from Guantánamo on December 29, and reveals that they include Taliban foot soldiers, missionaries, humanitarian aid workers, and one genuine surprise – the director of a blacklisted charity, who was once regarded as a “high-value” detainee.

As 2007 drew to a close, the tally of detainees released from Guantánamo throughout the year rose to 122, as another ten Saudis were repatriated, to add to the 53 sent home between February and November….”

http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=193

The Guantanamo Files

Just released:

The Guantanamo Files: Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison. By Andy Worthington.
Pluto Press (September 11, 2007)

• ISBN-10: 0745326641
• ISBN-13: 978-0745326641

See Amazon entry (subtitle slightly different):
http://www.amazon.com/Guantanamo-Files-Stories-Detainees-Americas/dp/0745326641/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-6080610-0702567?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191984951&sr=1-1
or
http://tinyurl.com/2×8nt3

Author’s blog:
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?page_id=17

Review by attorney H. Candace Gorman (representing 2 detainees pro bono):
http://gtmoblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/guantnamo-files-stories-of-774.html