Detainees were not allowed to talk to each other, but we enjoyed looking at each other. The punishment for talking was hanging… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Feet Copy Share Image
It is the taste of helplessness when you see your beloved fading away like a dream and you cannot help him. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Cannot Copy Share Image
I trusted the American justice system too much, and shared that trust with people from European countries. We all have an idea… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi American Copy Share Image
If you don't know somebody, you just don't know him, and there is no changing it. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Changing Copy Share Image
I have come to learn that goodness is transnational, transcultural, and trans-ethnic. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Come Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm stupid, I don't know. I went to the police and said, 'Why do you want me?' They said, 'Please don't… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Maybe Copy Share Image
I believed excessively in Conspiracy Theories - though maybe not as much as the U.S. government does. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Believed Copy Share Image
Gitmo is everywhere in the world. We need to raise awareness of illegal prisons in Middle East, Asia, and Africa. This needs… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Attention Copy Share Image
Everything a detainee says is classified. Detainees cannot talk to you. They cannot talk to anyone. They cannot challenge, in a meaningful… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Everything Copy Share Image
I first came into the radar of the U.S. intelligence when I received a call from my cousin Mahfouz. It was 1999.… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Father Copy Share Image
When people look at one thing from one perspective, they certainly fail to get the whole picture, and that is the main… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Fail Copy Share Image
I got used to interrogators asking me the same things. Before the interrogator even moves his lips I knew his questions, and… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Lips Copy Share Image
In the beginning, the U.S. government was happy with its secret operations, since it thought it had managed to gather all the… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Government Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things to do is to tell an untruthful story and maintain it, and that is exactly where I… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Hardest Copy Share Image
I don't want to be treated outside the rule of law. And I don't want people from this part of the world,… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Human rights Copy Share Image
In a matter of weeks I developed gray hair on the lower half of the sides of my head. In my culture,… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Culture Copy Share Image
I told the people before they tortured me, please, don't torture me. I didn't do anything. They say, we have to torture… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Ball Copy Share Image
There is nothing an interrogator could say to me that would be new; I've heard every variation. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Could Copy Share Image
But the problem is that you cannot just admit to something you haven't done; you need to deliver the details, which you… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Details Copy Share Image
Human beings make use of torture when they get chaotic and confused. And Americans certainly got chaotic, vengeful and confused after the… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Chaotic Copy Share Image
And when 9/11 came, that was open season to violate human rights. And that's how I was kidnapped. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Human Copy Share Image
