Yemeni describes CIA secret jails

A Yemeni man has described being held for nearly three years in secret CIA prisons, or “black sites”, around the world and accused the US of torture.

Khaled al-Maqtari told Amnesty International he was held in isolation for more than 28 months without charge or access to any legal representation.

He said he first became a US “ghost detainee” at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq after being arrested there in 2004.
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He said he was then transferred to Abu Ghraib, where he alleged he was subjected to a regime of beatings, sleep deprivation, suspension upside-down in painful positions, intimidation by dogs and induced hypothermia.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7292974.stm

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