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Tortureat
Abu GhraibAnd
Guantánamo Bay
Abu Ghraib in Iraq and Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are US Armed Forces controlled prisons where men, women and
children taken prisoner during the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq are detained.
Secretary of DefenseDonald Rumsfeld
visited Abu Ghraib Prison
Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld
Removal of clothing
(forced nakedness)
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib
Videotaping and photographing naked male
and female detainees
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib
Forcibly arranging detainees in various
sexually explicit positions for photographing
Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld
The use of dogs to “fear up”
and induce stress
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported
Handcuffing for extended periods with tightened
flexi-cuffs causing wounds and lesions
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib
Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s
underwear
Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld
Use of stress,
intimidation,
threats
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib
Punching,
slapping
and kicking detainees
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib
Allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of a detainee who was injured after
being slammed against the wall in his cell
Manadel al-Jamadi died at Abu Ghraib four hours after capture on 4 November 2003 from injuries caused by beating and torture. His US interrogators bound his wrists behind his back and hung him by the wrists from a barred window until he died.
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib
Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then
jumping on them
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported
Ill-treatment of detainees was not the exception but a
practice tolerated by Coalition forces
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported
Horrific treatment of detainees in prison
facilities that caused physical and psychological
injury and even death
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib
Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag
on his head, and attaching wires to his fingers, toes and penis to simulate electrical
torture
Still Detained in US Armed Forces Prisons
550 people are still detained in Guantánamo Bay, some of whom have been imprisoned since Jan 2002.
250 to 300 of the Guantánamo Bay detainees may be moved to prisons in Egypt, Saudi Arabia or elsewhere.
10,500 people are detained in US Armed Forces prisons in Iraq (approximately).
5,000 to 10,000 people are believed to be detained in US Armed Forces prisons in other places, including Afghanistan and Diego Garcia.
3 April 2005
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