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.Template:Ref 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
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| Abd al-Salam Ali al-Hila
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- 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
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- 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
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- Alleges he was beaten with electric cables and attempted suicide three times in the prison.[4]
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| Hayatullah
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- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- Template:Note Detainees describe 'dark prison', Science Daily, December 19, 2005
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- Bagram Theater Internment Facility -- run by the USA, holds captive in extrajudicial detention and some CIA ghost prisoners
- Rishad prison & Rishad 2 prison -- possible CIA black sites
- the salt pit -- a CIA black site, captives tortured there, at least one homicide
- the dark prison -- a CIA black site, captives kept in total darkness, and bombarded with deafening music, for months on end
- the black jail -- captives reported it was near the main Bagram facility in 2007, similar to the dark prison -- may be the same facility
- Do Ab prison -- formerly a Northern Alliance facility, reportedly used for the torture of ghost prisoners
- Qala-i-Jangi prison -- hundreds died in a riot there in November 2001
- Sheberghan Prison -- hundreds of captives suffocated on their way to this prison in late 2001
- Kandahar detention facility -- run by the USA, similar abuse as at Bagram, now reported to be closed
- Pul-e-Charkhi prison -- Afghan facility, built by the Soviets, the USA completed a 300 cell addition, to receive captives from Bagram and Guantanamo
- Sarapuza prison -- An Afghan facility, reportedly used by the Taliban to house political prisonsers
- Mazari Sharif prison -- A Taliban facility
- Rish Khor prison -- a prison on an Afghan military base run by Americans
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