Over the years, Khan has detailed U.S. torture practices to his attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights, but until recently much of the information remained classified.
Source/Credit: Democracy Now
By Democracy Now | June 4, 2015
Shocking new details have emerged about how the CIA tortured a former resident of Baltimore, Maryland, who has been in U.S. detention since 2003, first at a CIA black site, then at Guantánamo.
Majid Khan is the only known legal resident of the United States to be held at Guantánamo.
Over the years, Khan has detailed U.S. torture practices to his attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights, but until recently much of the information remained classified.
According to the declassified notes, Khan was waterboarded on two separate occasions, he was hung on a wooden beam for days on end, he spent much of 2003 in total darkness, and he experienced repeated beatings and threats to beat him with tools, including a hammer.
Khan also faced rectal feeding, which his lawyers described as a form of rape.
Part of Khan’s torture was outlined in last year’s Senate torture report, but the declassified information provides new details on the abuse.
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