torture at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay

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