A recent article by the Telegraph has exposed that doctors at Guantanamo Bay were involved in the torture endured by some of the detainees. This has come to light as a result of the recent leak of Guantanamo Bay files. Many inmates were mentally unstable, some suffering from mental illnesses such as; schizophrenia, bipolar, depression etc. Several inmates had, supposedly, tried to commit suicide as well.
The reason the prisoners illnesses were seen to cause such a stir, was because they could not be expected to give any kind of useful information while not of sound mind. The prisoner files were released as a result of WikiLeaks, the files showed many cases of unexplored cuts, bruises, injuries obtained by the patients. According to the Telegraph; ‘Researchers at Physicians for Human Rights, a campaign group which analysed the prisoner files, claimed that they found evidence of physical and psychological injuries consistent with abuse, such as sexual assault, mock executions and water boarding, which they alleged that medical staff failed to investigate’ (Telegraph, 2011). This shows the poor treatment of the inmates which has been exploited by WikiLeaks. Some of the files recently released have suggested that many inmates were innocent; also some of the detainees were mentally ill which meant that they were in the wrong facility to deal with their wrongdoings and/or illness.
It is quite shocking reading about the injuries some of these prisoners have acquired. I am fully aware that one does not get sent to Guantanamo Bay without a reason, but is torture really the answer? It’s like Mahatma Ghandi said ‘an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’. Maybe the American government have a few things to re think.
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