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Torture and Secret Detention: Testimony of the 'Disappeared' in the 'War on Terror'
Amnesty International has recently collected testimony that sheds new light on the U.S. government's apparent practice of holding individuals in secret detention centers around the world. Their testimony was collected following an official visit by the organization to a Yemeni prison.
"The USA and other countries must end the practice of secret detention. Not only do such conditions encourage torture and ill-treatment, but to be "disappeared" from the face of the earth without knowing why or for how long is a crime under international law and is an experience no-one should have to go through. States that cooperate in committing such human rights abuses -- as Jordan, Indonesia, and Yemen appear to have done -- are equally at fault."
- Sharon Critoph, North America researcher at Amnesty International
Read more in Amnesty International's latest report, "Torture and secret
detention: Testimony of the 'disappeared' in the 'war on terror'"
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Read the cases of:
Muhammad Faraj Ahmed Bashmilah
and Salah Nasser Salim ‘Ali
Walid Muhammad Shahir Muhammad al-Qadasi
Osama Nasr Mostafa Hassan
- Take Action
Amnesty International fears that the testimonies of these people are
just one small part of the much broader picture of U.S. secret detentions
around the world. Take action to put an end to secret and incommunicado
detentions:
Jordan:
Call on the Jordanian Authorities to Stop Torture in Detention Centers
Yemen:
Urge Yemen to Stop Secret and Incommunicado Detentions and 'Disappearances'
Egypt:
Detainees at Risk of Torture in Unknown Locations
- Video: Testimonies
The family views of Abd al-Salam al-Hiyla, a 32-year-old Yemeni held
in Guantanamo Bay. 
Watch video.
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Brother of a Bahraini detainee in Guantanamo Bay.
Watch video.
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