Guantánamo diary
By: Mohamedou Ould Slahi ; edited by Larry Siems
Contributors: Siems, Larry, editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780316328685
Subjects: Prisoners of war; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Diaries; Political prisoners; Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp; Mauritanians; Biography
Description: "This is the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go. Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody and daily life as a detainee. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir--terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-379).
Table of contents: title: Jordan-Afghanistan-GTMO, July 2002-February 2003; title: Senegal-Mauritania, January 21, 2000-February 19, 2000; title: Mauritania, September 29, 2001-November 28, 2001; title: Jordan, November 29, 2001-July 19, 2002; title: GTMO, February 2003-August 2003; title: GTMO, September 2003-December 2003; title: GTMO, 2004-2005.