 Khan is represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and is one of few so-called "high value detainees" to have legal representation.While in Guantanamo, he has attempted suicide six times.He has complained in writing of having his beard forcibly shaved (in violation of his religious practice) and spending weeks without sunlight; he also has complained that detainees are expected to wash with "cheap branded, unscented soap", and that he is forced to read the "poor quality" Joint Task Force Guantanamo's weekly newsletter "The Wire".