New Secret Prisons Discovered in Afghanistan
Posted in US government on November 29th, 2009
In January of 2009, one of the first actions taken by President Obama was to issue directives banning the use of secret prisons and torture facilities by the CIA. He failed to ban the use by the military. As it turns out the military still operates secret torture prisons in Afghanistan.
Afghans Detail Detention in ‘Black Jail’ at U.S. Base (New York Times)
The prisoners are held in tiny concrete cells. They are lit 24 hours a day by a single bulb. Detainees are only taken from their cells twice a day. Then their only relief from the solitary confinement is the interrogations.
Under the Third Geneva Convention on the treatment of Prisoners of War; imprisonment in premises without daylight is forbidden, prisoners of war must have the right to legal advice, and prisoners of war are entitled to the same treatment given to a country’s own forces, including total surface and cubic space of dormitories, fire protection, adequate heating and lighting, and separate dormitories for women. .
Interviews With Detainees Transcription (New York Times)
2 Afghan Teenagers allege abuse at U.S. site (Washington Post)
Bagram Prison Exposed
