Ammar al-Baluchi, who has spent close to two decades at Guantanamo, has been for years suffering from severe brain damage as a result of his treatment at CIA black sites.
And despite Guantanamo Bay's chief medical officer noting earlier this year that the facilities at the detention centre are inadequate in providing complex treatments for the prison's ailing and ageing population, the Biden administration is continuing to oppose Baluchi's requests for an independent commission of medical experts to come to the prison and assess his condition.
Alka Pradhan, Baluchi's defence lawyer who returned from Guantanamo last week, told Middle East Eye that during her last session with the detainee, his condition was so bad he wasn't able to read or form complete thoughts.