Mohamedou Ould Slahi arrived home in west Africa on October 17, bringing the prison’s remaining population down to 60 as the United States accelerates releases from the facility. His lawyer Brahim Ould Ebetty said Mr. Slahi had instructed him not to bring a case against the United States or Mauritania, who handed him over to the Americans in 2001. Mr. Ebetty said his client's account of his time in Guantanamo “pricked the conscience of the whole world and laid bare the terrible suffering of prisoners”. He would require medical monitoring for the next decade following the physical suffering he endured in Guantanamo, his doctor added. In his book, Mr. Slahi described life inside the U.S. base, saying: “I started to hallucinate and hear voices as clear as crystal.

Source: The Hindu October 22, 2016 20:03 UTC