Tortured Saudi pleads for transfer from Guantanamo

June 16, 2016
Al Jazeera

A Saudi national accused of trying to take part in the September 11 attacks who has been repeatedly tortured gets a chance to plead his case in front of a Guantanamo parole-like board on Thursday.

The United States government has admitted that prisoner Mohammed al-Qahtani was torturedincluding severe sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, violence and other sadistic interrogation methods carried out for weeks, which were detailed in a log about the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Currently not charged with a crime, Qahtani's torture and time at Guantanamo is said to have "caused psychotic symptoms that included repeated hallucinations involving ghosts and a talking bird". ...

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