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Torture at Abu Ghraib And Guantánamo Bay Abu Ghraib in Iraq and Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are US Armed Forces controlled prisons where men, women and children taken prisoner during the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq are detained.
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Abu Ghraib Prison
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Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Removal of clothing (forced nakedness)
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Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees
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Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing
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Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld The use of dogs to “fear up” and induce stress
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported Handcuffing for extended periods with tightened flexi-cuffs causing wounds and lesions
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Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s underwear
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Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Use of stress, intimidation, threats
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Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Punching, slapping and kicking detainees
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Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of a detainee who was injured after being slammed against the wall in his cell
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Manadel al-Jamadi died at Abu Ghraib four hours after capture on 4 November 2003 from injuries caused by beating and torture. His US interrogators bound his wrists behind his back and hung him by the wrists from a barred window until he died.
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Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported Ill-treatment of detainees was not the exception but a practice tolerated by Coalition forces
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported Horrific treatment of detainees in prison facilities that caused physical and psychological injury and even death
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Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag on his head, and attaching wires to his fingers, toes and penis to simulate electrical torture
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Still Detained in US Armed Forces Prisons 550 people are still detained in Guantánamo Bay, some of whom have been imprisoned since Jan 2002. 250 to 300 of the Guantánamo Bay detainees may be moved to prisons in Egypt, Saudi Arabia or elsewhere. 10,500 people are detained in US Armed Forces prisons in Iraq (approximately). 5,000 to 10,000 people are believed to be detained in US Armed Forces prisons in other places, including Afghanistan and Diego Garcia. 3 April 2005
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