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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.
The US has not acknowledged detaining Mr Maqtari.
US President George W Bush did acknowledge the existence of black sites in 2006.
He said the prisons were a vital tool in the US "war on terror" and insisted that the CIA had treated detainees humanely and had not used torture. ...
Yemeni describes CIA secret jails
Published by You on 14 March, 2008 - 15:51
