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Gitmo’s evil twin: Afghanistan slams torture in US-run Bagram jail (w/ Video)

Monday, January 9, 2012



Gitmo’s evil twin: Afghanistan slams torture in US-run Bagram jail


The US military has been accused of abuse and torture at its notorious detention center in Afghanistan. Investigators say most detainees at Bagram prison are being held without charge or firm evidence of guilt.

­Inmates of the US-run prison outside Bagram Air Base north of Kabul complained of freezing cold, humiliating strip searches and being deprived of light, according to Gul Rahman Qazi, who led an investigation ordered by President Hamid Karzai..... MORE

SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/bagram-torture-afghanistan-investigation-359/

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

para bang too good to be true? u.s.-installed karzai speaking out against co.run prison facilities? take note that this demand comes amidst obama's recent pronouncement that he intends to make peace with the talibans [check out http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-peace-taliban-us-219/ ]. para bang synchronized with the wishes of the imperialist nation?

"According to President Karzai, the Bagram prisoners are subject to Guantanamo-like conditions with ''many cases of violations of the Afghan constitution and other applicable laws of the conventions on human rights.”

"There are legal cases against only 300 of about 3,000 detainees at Bagram, US prison officials admitted during the probe. All the rest – most of them of suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda operators – are being held without trial, as they were captured using US intelligence that was not admissible in an Afghan court."

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