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Canadian Tortured at Guantanamo Base

Montreal, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) Young Canadian Omar Khadr was tortured at the US prison in Guantanamo Base, eastern Cuba, the lawyer of Khadr´s family, Dennis Edney denounced Thursday.

The prisoner, of Pakistani origin, is accused of having killed a US soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15 years old. According to the lawyer, Khadr, now 18, was victim of mistreatment and human rights violations.

Edney said that his information is based on an interview of a US lawyer with Khadr, still jailed at the base, since Canadians have no access to the detention facility.

The US lawyer said US troops placed a hood over the prisoner"s head and set trained dogs on him.

Prisoners at Guantanamo base were used to test many of the tortures applied by the US troops in the Iraqi prison of Abu Graib, which brought about a huge international scandal.

 

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