When people willingly and knowingly commit violent, or other, human rights atrocities they should not look for either sympathy or understanding from society at large - they are the authors of their own misfortune and hold ultimate responsibility for the demons that come to haunt them.

Guantánamo guards suffer psychological trauma

The guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp are the “overlooked victims” of America’s controversial detention facility in Cuba, according to a psychiatrist who has treated some of them.

In some cases, a tour of duty at the camp has made guards suicidal and prompted a variety of psychiatric symptoms, from depression and insomnia to flashbacks. The guards’ testimony also provides a harrowing insight into the treatment of prisoners.

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