Oct 13, 2017
They have decided to leave us to waste away and die instead. I am in so much pain every minute that I know it can’t go on much longer. Now as each night comes, I wonder if I will wake up in the morning. When will my organs fail? When will my heart stop? I am slowly slipping away and no one notices.
Khalid Qasim, 40, told his lawyer by phone for an article published by the Guardian, Guantánamo hunger striker accuses US officials of letting him 'waste away' | US news | The Guardian
Khalid Qasim, held at the prison for 15 years without charge or trial, told his lawyer that doctors stopped force-feeding him and another inmate three weeks ago, and are no longer monitoring their medical condition.
