First official suicide letter.IN MARCH, THE GOVERNMENT DECLASSIFIED de·clas·si·fy tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies To remove official security classification from (a document). de·clas THE FIRST SUICIDE LETTER written by a detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee at Guantanamo Bay Noun 1. Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903 bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf . Jumah Al Dossari, who has been detained for four years and has begged his attorneys to get him out of isolation, has attempted suicide 10 times while in U.S. custody. In the letter addressed to his lawyer, Al Dossari wrote," I hope you will always remember that you met and sat with a 'human being' called 'Jumah' who suffered too much and was abused in his belief, self, dignity and also in his humanity. He was imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- , tortured and deprived from his homeland, his family and his young daughter." Al Dossari wrote the letter last October, gave it to his attorney during a visit and then went into the bathroom where he slashed his arm and hung himself. His lawyer was able to save him, but Al Dossari has attempted suicide another two times since. As we went to print, Al Dossari remained in detention. |
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