What happened at Guantanamo - Abdul Salam Zaeef

The conditions were extremely severe. The American soldiers often lied and deceived us, and there were many cases of abuse. Each brother who spent time in Camp Five looked like a skeleton when he was released, it was painful to look at their thin bodies. When Abu Haris returned from the camp, I did not recognize him; there was no resemblance between the man who had been taken away and the body that was returned.

I was so scared by his appearance that sometimes I would even dream of him and would wake up screaming. May Almighty Allah release all Muslim brothers in good health and save them from the hands of the cruel people. Camp Five was often called Grave Five, it was like a grave for the living.

How I Fought To Survive Guantanamo - Omar Deghayes

There are still around 200 prisoners left in the detention camp, many of whom have been there for eight years. Of the 800 freed, only one has been found guilty of any crime and he was convicted by a dubious military commission, a verdict that is likely to be overturned. Deghayes, too, does not want to forget. He says there is so much still to be ­exposed about the ­conditions there, and about British ­collusion in the ­extraordinary rendition and torture of men such as him in the months following the American-led ­invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Moazzam Begg - The Truth About Guantanamo

David Miliband has told the Aamer family that Britain is still calling for the return of Shaker Aamer. At the same time, it is believed that the government has documents that contain evidence that confessions he made were obtained through torture, the disclosure of which they are trying to block in court on grounds of "public interest". In light of the torture meted out to Shaker and the deaths that occurred the night he was suffering some of that torture, the public interest seems best served by openness.

Bisher Al Rawi - Torch Of Hope Told Me I Was Not Alone At Guantanamo

Amnesty, and what it stands for, is a torch of hope; that is how it was when I was in Guantánamo, when I received letters of support through Amnesty. In that lonely cell with nothing but emptiness to hold a photocopy of a letter or a card and read the words on it meant so much. They opened up the walls and gave me hope, and whispered to me: “You are not forgotten.”

Back Home - But Still Haunted By Guantanamo

I arrived in Guantanamo in January 2002 after Pakistani forces handed me over to the United States, probably, I suspect, for a bounty. I had been in Afghanistan to assess the progress of a mosque-building project there, funded by people in my native Saudi Arabia. I knew that Afghanistan was a dangerous place, but I was paid for the trip and I needed the money, so I went. It is a decision I will always regret. When the United States began bombing Afghanistan in November 2001, I fled to Pakistan. At a border checkpoint, I asked Pakistani guards for help getting to the Saudi Embassy. Instead, they put me in a prison, where I was kept for days with shackles on my legs.

The Ordeal of Tariq Dergoul

Guantanamo is a Hell on Earth

After spending eight hellish years in Guantanamo Bay, Mohamed Saleban Bare still can’t believe he is back home from the notorious detention camp.

"Guantanamo Bay is like hell on Earth," Bare told Agence France-Presse (AFP) Tuesday, December 22, in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway state of Somaliland.

"I don't feel normal yet but I thank Allah for keeping me alive and free from the physical and mental sufferings of some of my friends."