Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse

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Source: BBC

The BBC spoke to 27 ex-inmates around the country over two months. Just two said they had been treated well.
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They were held at various times between 2002 and 2008. They were all accused of belonging to or helping al-Qaeda or the Taliban.

None was charged with any offence or put on trial - some even received apologies when they were released.

Many allegations of ill-treatment appear repeatedly in the interviews: physical abuse, the use of stress positions, excessive heat or cold, unbearably loud noise, being forced to remove clothes in front of female soldiers.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8116046.stm

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The official US response? The conditions at Bagram "meet international standards for care and custody". Like hell. Remember, some ex-detainees couldn't talk to the BBC because they were killed in Bagram.