Saudi lawyer blames US for Guantanamo suicidesSun Jun 11, 2006 6:46am ET
By Souhail Karam
RIYADH (Reuters) - A lawyer for Saudi nationals imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay said
on Sunday he held U.S. authorities responsible for the deaths of two Saudi prisoners
who hanged themselves at the U.S. naval base.
Saudi Arabia, a staunch U.S. ally, said it was stepping up efforts to repatriate
all nationals held at the base in Cuba.
An Interior Ministry statement identified the two Saudis as Manei al-Otaibi and Yasser
al-Zahrani but gave no further details about them. A Yemeni man also committed suicide.
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"The detainees' death reveals the mistreatment at Guantanamo and the extent human
rights are breached," said Katib al-Shimary, lawyer for Saudi detainees at Guantanamo.
"Their suicide, that is if they did commit suicide, is a response to the oppression and
injustice they lived in."
"I hold the U.S. authorities responsible for their deaths," Shimary told Saudi-owned
satellite television Al Arabiya.
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Full article:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-11T104551Z_01_L11162375_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO-SAUDI.xmlRelated:
CNN breaking: 3 Detainees in Gauntanamo "Committed Suicide"
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