AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - Guantᮡmo Bay

"They did not ask me my age until I had been in Cuba for a year."
Mohamed has developed depression and has attempted suicide twice in 2006

Mohamed el Gharani is a Chadian national who was raised in Saudi Arabia. He faced discrimination as a non-Saudi of African origin.  In his mid teens, he moved aboard for better economic and educational advancement prospects in Pakistan. He needed to be over 18 for a passport allowing him to travel unaccompanied.  So he falsified his age.
Mohamed was 15 years old when in October 2001 in Karachi, Pakistan, he was detained when police raided the mosque where he was praying.  Mohamed was held in prison in Pakistan until the end of November 2001.  He then was transferred into US custody, hooded, shackled, beaten and threatened with death.  He was taken by helicopter to Kandahar, Afghanistan, stripped naked and repeatedly beaten.
Mohamed was taken to Guantᮡmo Bay, Cuba in January 2002.  He was one of the first ?enemy combatants? transferred to Guantᮡmo Bay.  Upon arrival, he was allegedly severely beaten again and threatened with torture that "would be worse than anything he had been through in Pakistan."
His body is apparently covered in scars caused by the torture and beatings, his teeth are said to be falling out because of neglect and his tongue is apparently cracked as a result of dehydration.
 Mohamed eventually had a Combatant Status Review Tribunal.  He was charged with entering Pakistan with a false passport, which is true.  He has not been charged with any terrorist related activity.
WE the UNDERSIGNED:
* Call for Mohamed el Gharani and all other detainees to be given full and fair trials that meet international fair trial standards, or be unconditionally released.
*Call for the closure of Guantᮡmo Bay and all other  ?war on terror? detention facilities to be opened up to external scrutiny.
* Call for the immediate transfer of all children held at Guantᮡmo Bay to more suitable conditions.
* Call for a full and impartial investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment of Mohamed el Gharani while in US custody, and all those found responsible be brought to justice.
*Call on US authorities to immediately grant independent medical experts access to Mohamed el Gharani.

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Mail to:  Navy Rear Adm. David M. Thomas, Cmmd Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Dept of Defense, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, APO AE 09360 USA
Attorney General Mukasey, US Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20530-0001, USA
President G.W. Bush, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC  20500, USA