11 Years and Counting: Profiles of Men Detained at Guantánamo

Notes from client visit with Ahmed Abdulaziz, ISN 757, February 2013
(edited for clarity)
P. 2
WEDS. Jan 2 2013
BIG REC
[I have] come from 30 days in Camp V
(NOTE: Camp V is a maximum security cell-block)
Our REC time
Soccer in Big Area
Detainee stuck half in/out. Shouting to be heard by tower.
Many people now mentally ill. Little self-control.
Climbed 1 yard – we do it all the time to get balls that a stuck.
Spray [from a water hose] most that ever happens.
Guard pointed rifle at the detainee.
Detainees shouted. He pointed gun at them.
Threw little stones at him.
He shot not at the man climbing but in the REC.
P.3
On detainee cut in the throat on adams apple.
Other scratched near eye etc.
OIC [officer-in-charge] said this was normal and justified.
No investigator talked to prisoners – cover up.
Imposed REC restrictions.
P.7
[I am] now voluntarily back in [Camp] V.
New rule on meds – you can only get them with hassle. So most now refusing.
[I am]: not getting various meds now.
Ulcers & hyperacidity in stomach - Nexium
Creams for hemorrhoids & suppositories
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
o Dyclophonax or Elavil
o Elavil or Tylenol
o Migraines
o Great pain in eyes b/c migraines & lights. Blurry sight.
o Lower and upper back – Arthritis
o RSI
P.11
Still interrogating 1 x week OR 1 x month.
No message from wife and child since June ’11.