Dark prison
The dark prison is the informal name used by some Guantanamo Bay detainees for a secret prison they claim they were detained in near Kabul, Afghanistan.[1] According to an article distributed by Reuters, eight Guantanamo detainees have described the conditions they were held under in "the dark prison" or the prison of darkness.
Detainees claimed that they were detained in complete darkness for weeks on end. They described being deprived of food and water and being fed filthy food and water when they were fed.[1]
The prisoners' details have been consistent, that the guards did not wear military uniforms — prompting Human Rights Watch to suggest it was run as a black site by the Central Intelligence Agency. One prisoner reported being threatened with rape.[1]
The Miami Herald reports that the Dark Prison is another name for the Salt Pit.[2]
Detainees who claimed to have been detained in the dark prison included
| Jamil al-Banna |
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| Abd al-Salam Ali al-Hila |
- currently detained in Camp Delta
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| Bisher al-Rawi |
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| Hassin Bin Attash |
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| Binyam Mohammed |
- detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps until February 2009
- claims he was tortured in the black sites
- US government claims he is a co-conspirator of Jose Padilla
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| Laid Saidi |
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| Sanad al-Kazimi |
- Alleges he was beaten with electric cables and attempted suicide three times in the prison.[4]
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| Hayatullah |
- Held in "the black prison" for forty days before being transferred to Bagram, in 2007.[5]
- Reports that the walls of the prison are currently concrete blocks, but that captives who had been held there a long time say they were originally plywood, painted black.
- Believed the prison was near Bagram, and was also called "Tor Jail".
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See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Operated Secret ‘Dark Prison’ in Kabul (Human Rights Watch, 19-12-2005)
- ^ Rosenberg, Carol, Jonathan Landay, Prosecutors probing deaths of two CIA captives, The Miami Herald, June 30, 2011
- ^ Algerian Tells of Dark Term in U.S. Hands, New York Times, July 7, 2006 - mirror
- ^ Mayer, Jane, "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals", 2008. p. 274-275
- ^ "Interviews With Detainees". New York Times. 2009-11-29. Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F11%2F29%2Fworld%2Fasia%2F29detainees.html%3F_r%3D1%26fta%3Dy%26pagewanted%3Dprint&date=2010-01-18.
- ^ Detainees describe 'dark prison', Science Daily, December 19, 2005
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