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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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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.
Secretary of DefenseDonald Rumsfeldvisited Abu Ghraib Prison
Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Removal of clothing (forced nakedness)
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing
Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld The use of dogs to “fear up” and induce stress
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported Handcuffing for extended periods with tightened flexi-cuffs causing wounds and lesions
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s underwear
Techniques approved by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Use of stress, intimidation, threats
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Punching, slapping and kicking detainees
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
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.
Taguba Report of Torture at Abu Ghraib Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported Ill-treatment of detainees was not the exception but a practice tolerated by Coalition forces