Guantanamo Detainees Protest Against US Torture of a Mentally-Disturbed Algerian

The American agency Associated Press reported a statement made by attorney, Joshua Colangelo-Bryan in which he said the Algerian detainee Abderrahmane had been horribly tortured by American soldiers and medical staff even nurses because he could not understand instructions given to him.

Juma Al Dossari, a Bahraini detained at Guantanamo Bay told Guantanamo lawyer, Joshua Colangelo-Bryan American soldiers had beaten the Algerian detainee without taking into account his psychological situation as they thought he did not obey them.

Al Dossari said Abderrahmane stayed next to him at Guantanamos Mental Heath Unit [MHU].

Al Dossari said once Abderrahmane walked around his very small cell for three days without stopping or eating. On the fourth day, he fell down and started shuddering as if he had fever, Al Dossari added.

When soldiers wanted to take Abderrahmane to hospital he refused because he was very tired. Then, anti-riot squad came and forced him to go out from his cell, he said.

Al Dossari said he saw the anti-riot team firing tear-gas canisters into the Algerian detainees cell and beating him. He was crying of pain and suffocation.

In this regard, the attorney, Joshua Colangelo-Bryan submitted a detailed report about this incident to the Pentagon.

It was reported that many prisoners protested against that punitive action and had been on a hunger strike.