December 15, 2005

• Three Bahraini Prisoners Still At Camp X-Ray
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Yes, we've had civil unrest here in Bahrain. But then which country hasn't had any? Do we have terrorist here - no. Also, I will never believe such things stated about the 6 Bahrainis who were detained at Camp X-ray. If these Bahrainis are what the Bush jockies claim they are then the Boston Tea-Party was a results of terrorists. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/story.asp?Article=129871&Sn=BNEW&IssueID... Save Juma now!

  By KANWAL TARIQ HAMEED Published: 15 December 2005 BAHRAINI Guantanamo Bay detainee Juma Al Dossary will die unless urgent action is taken to save him, says his lawyer. Mr Al Dossary tried again to kill himself in a hospital bed, days after trying to hang himself and slashing his wrist, it was revealed yesterday. He fractured his spine in the original attempt and is still unable to walk unaided two months later. Mr Al Dossary suffers memory loss and is in pain, say lawyers representing the three Bahrainis still detained at the camp. He also slashed his wrist in the incident, during a visit by New York-based lawyer Joshua Colangelo-Bryan on October 15. A camp doctor who operated on Mr Al Dossary said that 70 per cent of his vein had been severed. He again tried to kill himself by pulling out the stitches while in hospital, says the US military. Intolerable Mr Al Dossary lay unconscious for two days after the incident and was told he must wear a neck brace for six weeks. The 30-year-old prisoner is undergoing physiotherapy because he cannot walk unaided, according to notes made when Mr Colangelo-Bryan visited him again on November 11. He also experiences severe headaches, spasms, extreme fatigue and difficulty in speaking on occasions, say the notes. Mr Al Dossary reportedly apologised to Mr Colangelo-Bryan for trying kill himself in front of him, but said it was a desperate attempt to "send a message to the world that the conditions at Guantanamo are intolerable". "Juma said the purpose of Guantanamo was to destroy detainees and he has been destroyed," Mr Colangelo-Bryan wrote. Mr Al Dossary was said to have emphasised that "he had really wanted to die". "Juma recalls awakening on Monday October 17 in the Naval Hospital; the suicide attempt was on October 15," say the notes. "When he woke up he had two tubes in his mouth to assist him in breathing. He also had a catheter and a heart monitor. Mr Al Dossary was said to have been moved to the detainee hospital after almost a week, where he was told that 70 per cent of his vein had been severed but no nerves had been damaged. "Juma had approximately 14 stitches in his arm to close the wound," say Mr Colangelo's notes. Several days after Juma woke up, the area on which surgery had been performed became red and puss began to form in it. A second procedure was performed to clean the wound. "Three days after waking up, Juma began to recover his memory. Now, Juma remembers the things he did daily before his suicide attempt, but has difficulty remembering things he did not do regularly. He also has trouble recalling details such as dates, including his birthday, and phone numbers," Mr Colangelo-Bryan says in the document. "Juma was told by a doctor that an X-ray had been taken, which showed that he had a fracture in his second vertebrae as a result of the hanging. "He has pain from the back of his head half-way down his spine. Several days prior to November 11, Juma had requested another X-ray on his neck because he had a pain and heard a cracking sound. The X-ray was taken and a doctor told Juma that he "did not see anything" on the X-ray. Mr Colangelo-Bryan feels Mr Al Dossary is physically and mentally "on the brink of collapse". He was said to be asking for his conditions of confinement to be changed to allow him to interact with other detainees. "Juma said that he does not trust the female psychiatrist he has seen because there is no honesty or rationality at Guantanamo. He said that he does not even trust himself any longer and does not know if he can control himself," wrote Mr Colangelo-Bryan. Mr Al Dossary attempted to kill himself once again by pulling out the stitches in his arm two days after the meeting with Mr Colangelo-Bryan, according to the US military. The US military statement followed a report by lawyers which said that camp officials prevented them from seeing Mr Al Dossary a second time as promised, in spite of their protest that this could have a detrimental impact on his psychological health.

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