I am dying here every day, mentally and physically. This is happening to all of us. We have been ignored, locked up in the middle of the ocean for many years" I have problems many problems from the filthy yellow water"I have lung problems from the chemicals they spread all over the floor"I am already arthritic at 40 because I sleep on a steel bed, and they use freezing air conditioning as part of the interrogation process. I have ruined eyes from the permanent, 24-hour fluorescent lights. I have tinnitus in my ears from the perpetual noise" I have ulcers and almost permanent constipation from the food. I have been made paranoid, so I can trust nobody, not even my lawyer. I was over 250 lbs. I dropped to 130 lbs in the hunger strike. I want to make it easy on everyone, I want no feeding, no forced tubes, no 'help', no 'intensive assisted feeding.' This is my legal right
In 2012, Aamer likened his treatment to the torture in George Orwell's "1984," which became a favorite book of his while at Guantanamo.
"There is so much to say about the evil they do in this place, specially the small things that no one pay attention to it but one thing you need to know," Aamer stated. "They control the air we breathe. Control the light, control the noise, control the food, control the water. They control everything and they use it against me any time they want. All that you need to know about this place you just need to read '1984' by George Orwell."
What the U.S. did to Aamer was deeply inhumane. He was robbed of the opportunity to see his children grow up. His children were robbed of an opportunity to have a father while they grew up. And yet now he is better off than dozens of Guantanamo prisoners who remain at the facility.
There are 112 prisoners, and a little less than half face no charges and are cleared for release. They continue to "live to die," as Aamer put it, while Aamer and his family fortunately get to share in each other's warmth for the first time in over thirteen years.
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