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Mohamedou Ould Slahi is the author of the book Guantánamo Diary and is a current prisoner at Guantánamo Bay. Mohamedou has been held in the Guantánamo Prison for twelve years. Those twelve years have consisted of non-stop brutality in order for him to confess to crimes he didn’t do. As he first arrived to Guantánamo Bay he was tortured for 24 hours a day and although they till this day can’t find evidence of what they are accusing him of they are still keeping him locked up in an isolated cell. This cell is different than a normal cell because he is exposed to different room temperatures in order to torture him as well as being place in different position to hurt him and unlike other prions he is chained to the floor. He began to write the horrendous things he was experiencing and what first started off as a diary has now become one of the best selling books. Mohamedou is being held prisoner because the US government believes that he had something to do with the 9/11 attack. Even though they don’t have sufficient evidence to keep him in prison he remains there today with no out knowing when he will be released however the …show more content…
These peoples are mostly nonwhites retrained by force because of what the US government thinks they are involved in or committed. Richard Zuey was one of the most violent interrogators at Guantánamo Bay they traced his path down back to when he would roam the streets of Chicago and they found that he use violence to discipline. His torture then continues to those who are Guantántanamo Bay. Richard was responsible for Lathierial Boyd who was a young man who served 23 year for a murder he never committed and although Zuey knew there wasn’t any physical evidence that he was guilty they still choose to keep him locked up and keep touching him. Boyd served 23 year and has now been released and is filling a civil right suit to fight for his rights for being incarcerated for 23 year and being

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