Torture By Slahi: An Analysis

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Torture is never justified, it doesn’t matter who is being tortured or what information may be discovered. In his book, Slahi gives the reader a grim picture of what prisoners held at Guantanamo are subjected to 24 hours a day. Detainees are tortured in and out of interrogation and the methods that are used vary. For instance, during one interrogation Slahi was sexually assaulted by two female personnel saying they were going to teach him about “great American sex.” (Slahi, P. 230) He endured the pain for ten hours, the whole time wishing he could pass out so his suffering would end. During another interrogation he was assaulted by guards who burst into the room and began “punching me everywhere, mainly on my face and my ribs.” (Slahi,