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On [[June 10]] [[2006]] three prisoners held by the [[United States]] at the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]]s committed [[suicide]]. The [[United States Department of Defense]] (DoD) stopped reporting '''Guantanamo suicide attempts''' in 2002. The [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]] announced a policy where captives taken during the [[invasion of Afghanistan]] could be detained indefinitely, without benefit of the protections of the [[Geneva Conventions]]. The DoD set up [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|detainment camps]] at the [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]].
Some prisoners started attempting to commit suicide almost immediately. In mid-2002 the DoD changed the way they classified suicide attempts, calling them "[[self-injurious behavior]]". The DoD acknowledges 41 suicide attempts among 29 detainees.<ref name=Reuters060611b>[http://today.reuters.co.uk/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-11T030958Z_01_N10232278_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO.xml Three detainees kill themselves at Guantanamo], ''[[Reuters]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref> The June 10 2006 suicides were the first inmate deaths at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.
On [[January 25]] [[2005]] the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that there were 350 incidents of self-harm in 2003.<ref name=Nytimes050125> [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/national/25gitmo.html?ex=1152676800&en=f645a0dc4588a2ae&ei=5070 23 Detainees Attempted Suicide in Protest at Base, Military Says], ''[[New York Times]]'', [[January 25]] [[2005]]</ref>
120 of those incidents of self-harm were attempts by detainees to hang themselves. 23 detainees participated in a simultaneous mass-suicide attempt.
==Mass suicide bid==
[[Carol J. Williams]] the Caribbean bureau chief for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', reported on [[June 18]] [[2006]] that [[Captain]] [[John Edmundson]], [[USN]], the commander of the base hospital, had acknowledged a mass suicide bid took place in late 2003.<ref name=Latimes060619> [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-williams18jun18,0,3393296.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Kicked out of Gitmo: A Times reporter's struggle to get the truth about America's island prison just got tougher], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', [[June 18]] [[2006]]</ref><ref name=Nytimes050125> [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/national/25gitmo.html?ex=1152676800&en=f645a0dc4588a2ae&ei=5070 23 Detainees Attempted Suicide in Protest at Base, Military Says], ''[[New York Times]]'', [[January 25]] [[2005]]</ref>
During a tour of the hospital Williams asked if there had ever been a time when all 48 of the hospitals beds had been in use. Edmundson replied, "''Only during the mass-hanging incident.''"
==Fourth Guantanamo captives dies, allegedly of suicide, [[May 30]] [[2007]]==
The [[Southern Command]] announced on the evening of [[May 30]] [[2007]] that a Saudi prisoner had died, apparently of suicide.<ref name=Wapo20070530>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053002126.html
| title=Saudi prisoner kills self at Guantanamo, U.S. says
| author=[[Jane Sutton]]
| publisher=[[Reuters]]
| date=Wednesday, [[May 30]] [[2007]]
| accessdate=2007-05-30
}}</ref><ref name=DoDGuantanamoSuicide20070530>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.southcom.mil/appssc/news.php?storyId=414
| title=Detainee death at Guantanamo
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
| date=Wednesday, [[May 30]] [[2007]]
| accessdate=May 30
| accessyear=2007
}}</ref>
They announced: ''"The detainee was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell by guards."
The DoD did not immediately releases the dead man's identity.
The DoD asserted however that his remains would be treated with cultural sensitivity,
The statement closed with the claim:<ref name=Wapo20070530/><ref name=DoDGuantanamoSuicide20070530/>
{{quotation|"The mission of detention and interrogation at Guantanamo continues. This mission is vital to the security of our nation and our allies and is being carried out professionally and humanely by the men and women of Joint Task Force Guantanamo."}}
On Thursday [[May 31]] [[2007]] Saudi officials announced that the dead man's name was '''Abdul Rahman Maadha al-Amry'''.<ref name=SanDiegoUnionTribune20070531>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070531-0735-guantanamo-suicide.html
| title=Saudi Arabian Guantanamo detainee dies in apparent suicide
| author=[[Michael Melia]]
| publisher=[[San Diego Union Tribune]]
| date=[[May 31]] [[2007]]
| accessdate=2007-05-31
}}</ref>
The [[Associated Press]] reported, at noon [[May 31]] [[2007]], that the dead man had been identified as one of the "high-value detainees", held in [[Camp 5 (Guantanamo)|Camp 5]].<ref name=Cfnews13-20070531>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.cfnews13.com/News/International/2007/5/31/u.s._dead_detainee_was_of_high_value.html
| title=U.S.: Dead Detainee Was of High Value
| date=Thursday, [[May 31]], [[2007]]
| publisher=Central Florida News
| accessdate=2007-05-31
}}</ref><ref name=StratforSuicide20070531>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?selected=Situation%20Reports&sitrep=1&id=289508
| title=U.S.: Guantanamo Suicide Was "High-Value" Inmate
| publisher=[[Stratfor]]
| date=[[May 31]], [[2007]]
| accessdate=2007-05-31
}}</ref>
The ''[[Miami Herald]]'', citing sources with inside knowledge of the case, reports that the dead man was
[[Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir Al Amri]].<ref name=MiamiHerald20070531>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/124352.html
| title=Dead Gitmo captive was Saudi military veteran
| author=[[Carol Rosenberg]]
| date=[[May 31]] [[2007]]
| publisher=[[Miami Herald]]
| accessdate=2007-05-31
}}</ref>
Their report identified Al Amri as one of the Guantanamo captives who was never allowed to meet with an attorney.
The report quotes Al Amri's [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]], where he pointed out that if he had truly been a jihadist dedicated to killing Americans he could have done so when he was receiving military training in Saudi Arabia from American advisors. The article also quoted Al Amri's denial that he had been involved in making a video about the [[USS Cole bombing]].
Other newspaper reports commented on the timing of the death, pointing out that it was almost a year after the three deaths of [[June 10]] [[2006]], and that both incidents followed a new commandant being assigned to [[JTF-GTMO]], and both incidents occurred shortly before the convening of a [[Guantanamo military commission|military commission]].<ref name=CasperStarTribune20070531>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/05/31/ap/international/d8pfdrkg0.txt
| title=U.S.: Dead Detainee Was of High Value
| author=[[Michael Melia]]
| date=Thursday, [[May 31]], [[2007]]
| publisher=[[Casper Star Tribune]]
| accessdate=2007-05-31
}}</ref><ref name=BostonHerald20070531>
{{cite news
| url=http://news.bostonherald.com/international/americas/view.bg?articleid=1004009&format=text
| publisher=[[Boston Herald]]
| date=Thursday, [[May 31]], [[2007]]
| title=Saudi Arabian Guantanamo detainee dies in apparent suicide
| accessdate=2007-05-31
}}</ref>
==Three suicides on June 10, 2006==
{{wikinews|Three inmates commit suicide at Guantanamo detention facility}}
On [[June 10]] [[2006]] three prisoners held in the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]]s committed [[suicide]].<ref name=Reuters>[http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-10T185303Z_01_N10232278_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO.xml&archived=False Three Guantanamo detainees die in suicides], ''[[Reuters]]'', [[June 10]] [[2006]]</ref>
Initially the DoD only revealed that two of the men were [[Saudi]]s and one was a [[Yemen]]i.
Saudi authorities released the names of the two Saudis on [[June 11]] [[2006]].<ref name=DailyNews> [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1034817 Riydadh names Guantanamo suicide victims, wants bodies], ''[[Daily News & Analysis]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
The DoD then identified the dead men as Saudis [[Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi|Mani al-Utaybi]] and [[Yasser Talal Al Zahrani|Yasser al-Zahrani]], and Yemeni [[Ali Abdullah Ahmed]].
According to Pentagon they "killed themselves in an apparent [[suicide pact]]".<ref name=Bbc060611> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5068228.stm Triple suicide at Guantanamo camp], ''[[BBC]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
Prison commander Rear Admiral [[Harry Harris]] has stated: "This was not an act of desperation, but an act of [[asymmetric warfare]] committed against us." <ref name=Times060611> [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2220935,00.html Three die in Guantanamo suicide pact], ''[[The Times]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
Harris also stated that the Guantanamo detainees were: "''dangerous, committed to killing Americans.''"<ref name=Cnn060611Specter1> [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/11/guantanamo.suicides/ Suicides spur Guantanamo criticism], ''[[CNN]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>.
He claimed that there was a myth among the detainees that if three detainees were known to have died in the camps the DoD would be pressured to send the rest of the detainees home.
President [[George W. Bush|George Bush]] expressed "serious concern."<ref name=Reuters060611b> [http://today.reuters.co.uk/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-11T030958Z_01_N10232278_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO.xml Three detainees kill themselves at Guantanamo], ''[[Reuters]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
[[Colleen Graffy]], Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, called the suicides, "''a good [[public relations|PR move]]''" -- and, "''a tactic to further the jihadi cause''".<ref name=Bbc060613RedCross> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5069230.stm Guantanamo suicides a 'PR move'], ''[[BBC]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
On [[June 12]] [[2006]], in a statement that [[The Scotsman]] characterized as an attempt "''..to pull back from the earlier comments about public relations and 'asymmetric warfare'''",
Cully Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, said:
:''"I wouldn't characterise it as a good PR move. What I would say is that we are always concerned when someone takes his own life, because as Americans, we value life, even the lives of violent terrorists who are captured waging war against our country."<ref name="Scotsman060613">[http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=866682006 Guantanamo inmate killed himself 'unaware he was due to be freed'], ''[[The Scotsman]]'', [[June 13]] [[2006]]</ref>
[[Sean McCormack]], spokesman for the United States State Department also said that "I would not say that it was a PR stunt".<ref name="Not PR move">{{cite news|title=Guantanamo suicides 'not PR move'|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=[[12 June]] [[2006]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5073634.stm}}</ref> The men were apparently unaware that one of them was due to be released. [[Joshua Denbeaux]], a lawyer who volunteered to represent Guantanamo prisoners through the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]], and one of the principal authors of a [[A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data|methodical academic analysis]] that examined, in detail, what the DoD said about the prisoners' identities, has said that prison authorities were withholding this information because "US officials had not decided which country he would be sent to."<ref name="Not PR move"/>
[[Colonel]] [[Michael Bumgarner]], the commander of the camp's guard force, reacted to the suicides by telling his officers:<ref name=Charlotte060613> [http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/14804763.htm Guards tighten security to prevent more deaths: Human rights groups, defense lawyers call for investigation of 3 men's suicides in military prison]. ''[[Charlotte Observer]]'', [[June 13]] [[2006]]</ref> "''The trust level is gone. They have shown time and time again that we can't trust them any farther than we can throw them. There is not a trustworthy son of a ... in the entire bunch.''"
===Reaction===
The [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] reports that news of the deaths raised skepticism over whether the Saudi men really killed themselves.<ref name=SeattlePI> [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Guantanamo_Saudis.html Saudis allege torture in Guantanamo deaths], ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref> The article reports Saudi speculation that the men were driven to suicide by torture.
The article names several prominent Saudis who accused the camp authorities of murdering the three men, and added:
:''"Some people in the conservative Islamic kingdom questioned whether Muslim men would kill themselves since suicide is a grave sin in Islam. But defense lawyers and some former detainees said many prisoners at Guantanamo are wasting away in deep despair at their long captivity."
[[Kateb al Shimri]], a Saudi lawyer the Post-Intelligencer reports represents the Saudi prisoners, said:<ref name=SeattlePI> [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Guantanamo_Saudis.html Saudis allege torture in Guantanamo deaths], ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
:''"The families don't believe it, and of course I don't believe it either. A crime was committed here and the U.S. authorities are responsible,"
Joshua Denbeaux said that the suicides: "''...represent the Pentagon's absolute worst nightmare.''"<ref name=nzherald060611> [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10386049 Three suicides reported at Guantanamo Bay], ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref> Denbeaux added: "''...many of these prisoners have been trying to kill themselves, for months, if not years.''"
[[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Arlen Specter]], chairman of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]], commented: "''Where we have evidence, they ought to be tried, and if convicted, they ought to be sentenced.''"<ref name=Cnn060611Specter1> [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/11/guantanamo.suicides/ Suicides spur Guantanamo criticism], ''[[CNN]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
Specter added that many of the prisoners' capture was based on: "''...the flimsiest sort of hearsay.''"
[[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] [[Jane Harman]], the ranking Democrat on the [[House intelligence committee]] commented: "''Bottom line: We've kept people in this prison for years and years and years without a status, without any rights, and it was the wrong way to go.''"<ref name=Cnn060611Specter1> [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/11/guantanamo.suicides/ Suicides spur Guantanamo criticism], ''[[CNN]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
[[Ken Roth]], the head of [[Human Rights Watch]] commented: "''Sadly, suicides like these are entirely predictable when people are held outside the law with no end in sight.''"<ref name=Reuters060611b> [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-11T030958Z_01_N10232278_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO.xml&archived=False Three detainees kill themselves at Guantanamo], ''[[Reuters]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
===Official counter-reaction===
The [[Associated Press]] quoted the detainee's hospital's head doctor's challenge to the idea that the dead men had been driven to suicide by despair.<ref name=AP060628> [http://www.enidnews.com/feeds/apcontent/apstories/apstorysection/D8IGUF904.xml.txt/resources_apstoryview Official: Gitmo Prisoners Waging 'Jihad'], ''[[Associated Press]]'', [[June 28]] [[2006]]</ref><ref name=Independent060628> [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1117127.ece Guantanamo Bay suicide prisoners 'showed no sign of being depressed'], ''[[The Independent]]'', [[June 28]] [[2006]]</ref>
He asserted that the men had psychological tests administered shortly before their deaths, that confirmed that they were not depressed. The administration of psychological tests to hunger strikers was routine, and all three men were participants in the recent hunger strike.
The Doctor spoke on condition of anonymity. But he has been previously identified as [[Captain]] [[John Edmundson]] [[United States Navy|USN]].<ref name=Latimes060619> [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-williams18jun18,0,3393296.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Kicked out of Gitmo: A Times reporter's struggle to get the truth about America's island prison just got tougher], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', [[June 18]] [[2006]]</ref>
According to the Associated Press the chief doctor told reporters that: "''Officials have also lowered the threshold to determine when a detainee is at risk of being suicidal ... Now, any detainee thought to be a suicide risk is placed in a tear-proof [[anti-suicide smock]] _ which can't be fashioned into a makeshift noose _ for 72 hours and given a [[psychological exam]] ... There are currently about 20 detainees in green anti-suicide smocks, the doctor said."<ref name=AP060628> [http://www.enidnews.com/feeds/apcontent/apstories/apstorysection/D8IGUF904.xml.txt/resources_apstoryview Official: Gitmo Prisoners Waging 'Jihad'], ''[[Associated Press]]'', [[June 28]] [[2006]]</ref><ref name=Independent060628> [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1117127.ece Guantanamo Bay suicide prisoners 'showed no sign of being depressed'], ''[[The Independent]]'', [[June 28]] [[2006]]</ref>
Admiral Harris was quoted as saying: "''I think it is less about the length of their detention ... It's less about that and it's more that they continue to fight their fight, I think the vast majority of detainees are resisting us.''"<ref name=AP060628> [http://www.enidnews.com/feeds/apcontent/apstories/apstorysection/D8IGUF904.xml.txt/resources_apstoryview Official: Gitmo Prisoners Waging 'Jihad'], ''[[Associated Press]]'', [[June 28]] [[2006]]</ref><ref name=Independent060628> [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1117127.ece Guantanamo Bay suicide prisoners 'showed no sign of being depressed'], ''[[The Independent]]'', [[June 28]] [[2006]]</ref>
====Confiscating detainees legal papers====
Guantanamo lawyers have reported that the camp authorities are confiscating detainee's mail and legal papers.<ref name=Mercury060630> [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14942051.htm Guantanamo lawyers say letters seized], ''[[San Jose Mercury]]'', [[June 30]] [[2006]]</ref>
The lawyers report that at least one of their clients attributes the confiscation to the premise that they might contain hints that the suicide bids were pre-planned, and possibly were encouraged by detainee's lawyers. According to [[Clive Stafford Smith]]: "''They think that they are going to find letters from us suggesting suicide. It's ludicrous.''"
According to the ''[[San Jose Mercury]]'':<ref name=Mercury060630> [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14942051.htm Guantanamo lawyers say letters seized], ''[[San Jose Mercury]]'', [[June 30]] [[2006]]</ref>
:"''Defense attorney Richard Wilson said in an affidavit that a military legal official told him that investigators had seized all personal papers from every detainee as part of the investigation.''"
On [[July 9]] [[2006]] ''[[The Jurist]]'' reported that DoD spokesmen have claimed that the dead men received assistance from others.<ref name=TheJurist060709> [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/07/doj-tells-court-legal-notes-may-have.php DOJ tells court legal notes may have aided Guantanamo suicide plot], ''[[The Jurist]]'', [[July 9]] [[2006]]</ref><ref name=Ap060709> [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060709/D8IOC7NG0.html Guantanamo Probe Finds Evidence of Plot], ''[[Associated Press]]'', [[July 9]] [[2006]]</ref><ref name=Nytimes060709>
[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/us/09gitmo.html?ex=1153108800&en=f2619dab30328b27&amp;ei=5065&partner=MYWAY U.S. Says Inmate Legal Notes May Have Aided Suicide Plot], ''[[New York Times]]'', [[July 9]] [[2006]]</ref>
Further, the DoD claims that preparations for the hangings were written on the blank paper issued to the detainees lawyers.
The camp authorities has seized almost all the documents from almost all the detainees -- a total of half a ton of papers.<ref name=TheJurist060709> [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/07/doj-tells-court-legal-notes-may-have.php DOJ tells court legal notes may have aided Guantanamo suicide plot], ''[[The Jurist]]'', [[July 9]] [[2006]]</ref>
The administration wants to suspend all lawyers visits, while a commission reviews those half-ton of papers for any further sign that any of the detainees lawyers helped plan the suicides.
===Comments by released detainees who knew the dead men===
[[Bahrain]]i detainee [[Abdulla Majid Al Naimi]] who was released on [[November 8]] [[2005]] said he knew the three dead men, and commented on their deaths on [[June 25]] [[2006]].
<ref name=Gulf060625> [http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/06/25/10049187.html Ex-detainee disputes triple suicide report], ''[[Gulf Daily News]]'', [[June 25]] [[2006]]</ref>
Al Naimi said that
Al-Utaybi and Ahmed
were captured while studying in Pakistan. He said that they were interrogated for only a brief time after their arrival in Guantanamo, and their interrogators had told them they were not regarded as a threat, and that they could expect to be released.
:"''The interrogations dealt with them only during the first month of their detention. For more than a year before I left Guantanamo in November 2005, they were left alone. But they were still held in bad conditions in the camp by the guards,''"
Al Naimi said that
Al Zahrani, was only 16 when he was captured.<ref name=Gulf060625> [http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/06/25/10049187.html Ex-detainee disputes triple suicide report], ''[[Gulf Daily News]]'', [[June 25]] [[2006]]</ref>
According to Al Naimi Al Zahrani should have been treated as a minor.
:"''He was 21 when he died, barely the legal age in most countries, and was merely 16 when he was picked up four and half years ago. His age shows that he is not even supposed to be taken to a police office; he should have been turned over to the underage [juvenile] authorities.''"
===Post-mortems===
All three of the families of the dead men have challenged the American post-mortems.<ref name=YemenTimes> [http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=958&p=front&a=3 Gitmo detainee buried after body cross-examined], ''[[Yemen Times]]'', [[June 25]] [[2005]]</ref>
The families all took steps to have second post-mortems after the bodies were returned to them.
[[Patrice Mangin]], who headed the team that volunteered to examine the Al Salami's body, said that it was routine to remove some organs that decay rapidly.<ref name=YemenTimes> [http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=958&p=front&a=3 Gitmo detainee buried after body cross-examined], ''[[Yemen Times]]'', [[June 25]] [[2005]]</ref> Some family members had expressed concerns when the bodies were missing the brain, liver, kidney heart and other organs.
Mangin however said that the US authorities had kept Al-Salami's throat, and that his team couldn't state an opinion as to whether he hung himself until it was returned.<ref name=YemenTimes> [http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=958&p=front&a=3 Gitmo detainee buried after body cross-examined], ''[[Yemen Times]]'', [[June 25]] [[2005]]</ref>
==Post [[June 10]] [[2006]] suicide attempts==
[[Joshe Natreen]], the American lawyer of seven Saudi detainees, reported that a Guantanamo official informed her that another Saudi had made a suicide attempt since [[June 10]] [[2006]].<ref name=Upi060705> [http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060705-081339-1257r 3rd Saudi tries to end life at Guantanamo], ''[[United Press International]]'', [[July 5]] [[2006]]</ref>
==Known suicide attempts==
{| class="wikitable"
| [[Juma Al Dossary]] ||
* Made 13 suicide attempts.
* Attempted suicide during a lawyer's visit.<ref name=Wapo051031> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005103101987_pf.html Guantanamo Desperation Seen in Suicide Attempts: One Incident Was During Lawyer's Visit], ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[October 31]] [[2005]]</ref>
* Remains in Guantanamo detention.
|-
| [[Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabiri]] ||
* Suicide attempt left him brain-damaged. He can still obey simple instructions.<ref name=TaipeiTimes> [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/03/06/2003296006 Guantanamo Bay documents reveal Taliban's allure], ''[[Taipei Times]]'', [[March 6]] [[2006]]</ref>
* Repatriated to Saudi custody.
|-
| [[Shah Muhammad]] ||
* Sent to the punishment cells when Guantanamo was full, and all the ordinary cells were occupied.<ref name=Nytimes030617> [http://www.refuseandresist.org/detentions/art.php?aid=1001 Inmates Released from Guantanamo Tell Tales of Despair], ''[[New York Times]]'', [[June 17]] [[2003]]</ref>
* Reports detention in the punishment cells drove him to despair and he made four suicide attempts.
* Released [[May 8]] [[2003]].
|-
| mass suicide bid || Late 2003 - 23 detainees tried to hang themselves simultaneously.<ref name=Latimes060619> [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-williams18jun18,0,3393296.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Kicked out of Gitmo: A Times reporter's struggle to get the truth about America's island prison just got tougher], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', [[June 18]] [[2006]]</ref>
|-
| [[Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi]]<br>alternatively Maniy bin Shaman al-Otaibi <br>or Mani bin Shaman bin Turki al Habradi ||
* Committed suicide on [[June 10]] [[2006]].<ref name=DailyNews> [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1034817 Riydadh names Guantanamo suicide victims, wants bodies], ''[[Daily News & Analysis]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
*Reportedly "''...had been recommended for transfer to the custody of another country before his suicide.''".<ref name=WaPo060611> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100357.html DOD Identifies 3 Guantanamo Suicides], ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
*Reportedly not told he was recommended for transfer.<ref name="Scotsman060613" />
*Legal team said their efforts were "''thwarted at every turn.''"<ref name=Mainichi060613> [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20060613p2g00m0in019000c.html Lawyers say defense of Guantanamo suicide victim was thwarted], ''[[Mainichi Daily News]]'', [[June 13]] [[2006]]</ref> They had not been allowed to meet with him, and the DoD would not deliver their mail.
*Utaybi's family reported that the DoD had retained his brain, heart, liver and kidneys.<ref name=GulfNews060621> [http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Saudi_Arabia/10048452.html Vital organs missing from repatriated body: family], ''[[Gulf News]]'', [[June 21]] [[2006]]</ref>
|-
| [[Yasser Talal al-Zahrani]] alternatively Yasser Talal Abdullah Yahya al Zahran ||
* Committed suicide on [[June 10]] [[2006]].<ref name=DailyNews> [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1034817 Riydadh names Guantanamo suicide victims, wants bodies], ''[[Daily News & Analysis]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
*Reportedly had been "''...accused by the U.S. of being a frontline fighter for the Taliban who facilitated weapons purchases for offensives against U.S. and coalition forces.''"<ref name=WaPo060611> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100357.html DOD Identifies 3 Guantanamo Suicides], ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
*Present during the prison uprising in [[Mazari Sharif]], Afghanistan
*Al Zahrani's father, after viewing his son's corpse, claims it showed the sign of a beating.<ref name=ArabNews060619> [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=84011&d=19&m=6&y=2006 Yasser’s Body Bears Marks of Beating], ''[[Arab News]]'', [[June 19]] [[2006]]</ref>
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| [[Ali Abdullah Ahmed]] ||
*Committed suicide on [[June 10]] [[2006]].<ref name=WaPo060611> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100357.html DOD Identifies 3 Guantanamo Suicides], ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
*Alleged "''mid- to high-level al-Qaida operative who had key ties to principal facilitators and senior members of the group.''"
*Alleged to have been a "close associate" of [[Abu Zubaydah]].<ref name=Cnn060611Specter1> [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/11/guantanamo.suicides/ Suicides spur Guantanamo criticism], ''[[CNN]]'', [[June 11]] [[2006]]</ref>
*Allegedly "''...non-compliant and hostile to the guard force.''"
*Had been one of the four determined [[hunger strike]]rs who had continued to participate in the hunger strike that started on [[August 8]] [[2005]] until "late May 2006".
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| [[Abdullah Al Tayabi]] ||
* Al Tayabi told his Tribunal that the Guantanamo camp authorities had declined his requests to see a Psychologist, even though he had made two suicide attempts.<ref name=CsrtAlTayabi1>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_49_3298-3380.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Abdullah Al Tayabi]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 81-83</ref><ref name=CsrtAlTayabi2>[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_50_3381-3489.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Abdullah Al Tayabi]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 1-16</ref>
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| [[Isa Khan (Guantanamo detainee 23)|Isa Khan]] ||
*Khan has been released in Pakistan. Khan reports that enduring constant surveillance, when he considers himself an innocent man, feels so intolerable that he has considered suicide.<ref name=TaipeiTimes060105>{{cite web
| url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/01/05/2003287503
| title=Former Guantanamo Bay detainees find that life doesn't get any easier
| publisher=[[Taipei Times]]
| date=[[January 5]] [[2006]]
| accessdate=January 7
| accessyear=2007}}</ref>
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| [[Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni]] ||
*Madni told his [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] that he had to wear [[Guantanamo captive's uniforms|the orange jumpsuit]] of the non-compliant captive because he made a suicide attempt on the 191st day of his detention.<ref name=CsrtHafezQariMohamedSaadIqbalMadni> [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf55 Summarized transcripts (.pdf)] from [[Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] - page 55 </ref>
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| [[Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir Al Amri]] ||
* Found dead in his cell at 1pm [[May 30]] [[2007]].<ref name=MiamiHerald20070531>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/124352.html
| title=Dead Gitmo captive was Saudi military veteran
| author=[[Carol Rosenberg]]
| date=[[May 31]] [[2007]]
| publisher=[[Miami Herald]]
| accessdate=2007-05-31
}}</ref>
|-
| '''unknown''' ||
* On [[December 5]] [[2007]] an unidentified captive was taken to the prison hospital, and required stitches, after he attempted to cut his throat.<ref name=Bbc20071205>
{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7128591.stm
| title='Fingernail slash' at Guantanamo
| publisher=[[BBC]]
| date=Wednesday, [[5 December]] [[2007]]
| accessdate=2007-12-05
}}</ref>
|}
==References==
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