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Showing posts with label Torture site. Show all posts

Friday, April 16, 2010

Afghans Abused in US 'Secret Jail'

British media reports say American forces have been abusing Afghan prisoners in a "secret jail" at the Bagram air base located north of the capital, Kabul.

The British Broadcasting Corporation says it has documented testimonies of nine witnesses, who say the human rights violations and abuses of prisoners have continued in the secret detention center at the Bagram air base even after US Barack Obama came to power with the promise of ending torture.

The US military has denied the existence of a secret prison at its Bagram base, which was once home to hundreds of inmates — who were transferred to another facility.'

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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Secret But Not Forgotten - Israel's Facility 1391

In May of this year, the United Nations Committee Against Torture bought up the issue of Facility 1391, a clandestine Israeli prison where Palestinian, Lebanese, and other Arab prisoners are detained and subjected to torture. The committee called upon Israel to grant the International Committee of the Red Cross access to this prison and demanded to know if there were other secret prisons in Israel.'

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