I have never felt as violated in myself as I had since the DoD team started to torture me to get me admit to things I haven't done.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the profound emotional and psychological impact of torture and wrongful accusation.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi's quote highlights the deep violation of personal integrity and identity that one experiences when subjected to torture and coercion for false admissions. It underscores the brutal reality of how inhumane treatment can strip away one's sense of self and humanity, revealing the dark side of power dynamics and the struggles against injustice.
In practice
In a discussion about human rights violations, this quote can emphasize the importance of protecting individual integrity.
Everything a detainee says is classified. Detainees cannot talk to you. They cannot talk to anyone. They cannot challenge, in a meaningful way, their detention. All that is left is for people who survived Guantanamo Bay to speak for people who are left behind, and speak for those who are in so many Guantanamos, plural, in my part of the world.
Detainees were not allowed to talk to each other, but we enjoyed looking at each other. The punishment for talking was hanging the detainee by his hands with the feet barely touching the ground.
We are all dishonored when a veteran sleeps on the same streets that he or she has defended. We are all dishonored when a veteran's family has to live in a shelter while he or she is out fighting for us. WE NEED TO FIX THAT!
I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
There is nothing stronger than the American labor movement. United, we cannot and we will not be turned aside. We'll work for it, sisters and brothers. We'll stand for it. Together. Each of us. To bring out the best in America. To bring out the best in ourselves, and each other.
You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.' You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory-victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.
Yes I try to kill myself in small amounts, an innocuous occupation. Actually I'm hung up on it.
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