Ghappour said he had spoken to army guards who, unsolicited, had described the pleasure they took in abusing prisoners, whether interrupting prayer or physical mistreatment. He said they appeared unconcerned about potential repercussions.
He also saw evidence of guards pulling identity numbers off their uniforms or switching them once they were on duty in order to make it more difficult for them to be identified.
Ghappour said he had filed two complaints of serious detainee abuse since December 22 but received no response from U.S. authorities. In one case his client had his knee, shoulder and thumb dislocated by a group of guards, Ghappour said.
In one of the six main camps at Guantanamo, the lawyer said all the detainees he knew were on hunger strike and subject to force-feeding, including with laxatives that induced chronic diarrhea while they were strapped in their feeding chairs.
“Several of my clients have had toilet paper pepper-sprayed while they have had hemorrhoids,” Ghappour said.
Another area of concern was evidence that detainees were being abused on the way to meetings with their lawyers — sometimes so badly that they no longer wanted to meet with counsel for fear of the beatings they would receive, he said.
“Some detainees are convinced they are going to be locked up there forever, despite the promises to close the camp,” he said.
(Additional reporting by Randall Mikkelsen and Andrew Gray in Washington, editing by Mark Trevelyan)
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51O3TB20090225?rpc=28
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