“Several Guantanamo Bay prisoners are seriously ill, lawyers said Monday, rejecting U.S. claims after the death of one prisoner that no other detainees are in immediate medical danger.On Sunday, a 68-year-old Afghan died from cancer at the isolated U.S. base in southeast Cuba, heightening lawyers’ concerns over clients held at Guantanamo for suspected al-Qaida or Taliban links.
“Many attorneys are concerned,” said H. Candace Gorman, a Chicago lawyer whose Libyan client held at the camp has Hepatitis B and tuberculosis.
At least four of the 275 men held at Guantanamo Bay are gravely ill and another has become psychotic, lawyers told The Associated Press….
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/news/CB-GEN-Guantanamo-Detainee-Death.php
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