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New Report of Torture at US Guantanamo Base

WASHINGTON , May 16, 2007.- A Pakistani prisoner at the US Guantanamo Naval Base, an offshore prison located on illegally occupied Cuban territory, said he was subjected to torture by the CIA and Pentagon.

Majid Khan, 27, said he is still subjected to "physiological torture" at the detention camp where hundreds of prisoners from dozens of nations have been held for years without proper legal rights.

As the basis for accusations against Khan, the US uses a transcription of a closed door hearing to establish the prisoner status as an "enemy combatant."

The 39-page document, which in some parts was censored, contains a summary of the torture allegedly suffered by the prisoner, reported ANSA news agency.

Khan, who grew up in Maryland , is the only US resident among the 15 "high value" detainees that the US government accuses of having ties with Al Qaeda. However, he denies any relationship with Osama bin Laden and maintained that the FBI also harassed his family in Pakistan with repeated interrogations.

Khan has protested his situation on numerous occasions with hunger strikes and in recent weeks he tried to cut his veins with his teeth. (Cubaminrex- Granma)

 

 

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