Man 'tortured in CIA custody'

[cal04]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23373973-12377,00.html

A YEMENI man has accused American secret agents of subjecting him to various forms of torture during nearly three years of CIA detention, in a statement released by Amnesty International.

Khaled Abdu Ahmed Saleh al-Maqtari was arrested by American soldiers in Fallujah, Iraq, in January 2004, along with around 60 other people, the London-based human rights group said today.

He said he was transferred to the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq where he was held as a "ghost detainee", where he experienced violent beatings, intimidation by dogs, sleep deprivation, induced hypothermia, and other forms of torture.

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"He did not have access to lawyers, relatives, the International Committee of the Red Cross or any person other than his interrogators and the personnel involved in his detention and transfer. This clearly violates the US's international obligations."



Former detainee reveals details of secret CIA program
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/former-detainee-reveals-details-secret-cia-program-20080314

[wildbilln864]

1. k&r! nt

[L. Coyote]

2. K & R. How many more will there be before the STOP?

[chimper]

3. Bad Karma for those who do all this.

What goes around comes around.

[intheflow]

4. K&R

Not like this is a surprising story, though. :cry:

[cal04]

5. Amnesty International Reveals New CIA 'Disappearance' Case That Began in Abu Ghraib

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080314/pl_usnw/amnesty_international_reveals_new_cia__disappearance__case_that_began_in_abu_ghraib

Former Detainee Was Held More Than 2 Years in "Black Site," Human Rights Organization Reports

WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Amnesty International today exposed in a new report, "From Abu Ghraib to secret CIA custody: The case of Khaled al-Maqtari," further details of the cruelty and illegality of the CIA program of secret detentions and enforced disappearances -- a program re-authorized by President Bush in June 2007.

In an exclusive to Amnesty International, 31-year-old Yemeni national Khaled Abdu Ahmed Saleh al-Maqtari recounted his ordeal as one of the men most recently released from secret detention in May 2007. Initially a "ghost detainee" at Abu Ghraib, he was transferred to CIA custody in Afghanistan, then held in unknown locations and in complete isolation for more than two and a half years, without charge or trial or access to any form of due process. His statements include numerous allegations of torture and other ill-treatment.

"Khaled al-Maqtari's account is one more shameful chapter in the Bush administration's war on terror playbook," said Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director. "Mr. al-Maqtari's descriptions of being subjected to international crimes including enforced disappearance and torture are terrible and disgraceful for the United States government. Equally reprehensible is that none of these allegations are known to have ever been investigated, nor has anyone been held accountable."

The report will also be available online starting March 14 at http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/013/2008/en

Yemeni describes CIA secret jails
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7292974.stm

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R

[Vinca]

7. If McCain is elected, it will continue. One more reason to lick your wounds

at the end of the nominating process and support the Dem. candidate.