Comments on: Torture in Bagram and Guantánamo: The Declaration of Ahmed al-Darbi

By: Obama’s Collapse: The Return of the Military Commissions « Dandelion Salad

Obama’s Collapse: The Return of the Military Commissions « Dandelion Salad — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:00:12 +0000

[...] In the case of Ahmed Mohammed al-Darbi, a Saudi seized in Azerbaijan in June 2002 and rendered to US custody in Bagram, Afghanistan, before being sent to Guantánamo, the main problem for the government is that his case is tainted with torture. He is accused of plotting to attack a ship in the Strait Of Hormuz, meeting Osama bin Laden and attending a training camp in Afghanistan, but at a hearing in September 2009, his civilian lawyer, Ramzi Kassem, urged that all of the 119 statements that al-Darbi made to interrogators should be ruled out, because they were obtained through the use of torture and abuse, including beatings, threats of rape, sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation and sexual humiliation, both at Bagram, where al-Darbi was held for eight months, and at Guantánamo (a full statement by al-Darbi is available here). [...]

By: Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary « freedetainees.org

Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary « freedetainees.org — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:26 +0000

[...] (July 2009), What The British Government Knew About The Torture Of Binyam Mohamed (August 2009), Torture in Bagram and Guantánamo: The Declaration of Ahmed al-Darbi (September 2009), UK Judges Order Release Of Details About The Torture Of Binyam Mohamed By US [...]

By: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:07:15 +0000

[...] a Saudi put forward for a trial by Military Commission, made similar claims in a statement posted here, and, as I mentioned above, it is also clear that SERE-derived “enhanced interrogation [...]

By: The Logic of the 9/11 Trials, The Madness of the Military Commissions « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:51:08 +0000

[...] where al-Darbi was held for eight months, and at Guantánamo (a full statement by al-Darbi is available here). At the time, the judge in his case, Army Col. James Pohl, reserved judgement on Kassem’s [...]

By: Departments of Defense and Justice Announce Forum Decisions for Ten Guantanamo Bay Detainees « The Lift – Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:12:53 +0000

[...] Ahmed al Darbi [...]

By: The Real Reason Only Five Detainees Are Coming to New York? « Norcaltruth

The Real Reason Only Five Detainees Are Coming to New York? « Norcaltruth — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:21:33 +0000

[...] Ahmed al Darbi, who says he was tortured into confessing; [...]

By: The Real Reason Only Five Detainees Are Coming to New York? « History Commons Groups

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:59:33 +0000

[...] Ahmed al Darbi, who says he was tortured into confessing; [...]

By: Judge Confirms That An Innocent Man Was Tortured To Make False Confessions | America 20XY

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:35:38 +0000

By: A Truly Shocking Guantánamo Story: Judge Confirms That An Innocent Man Was Tortured To Make False Confessions by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:47:59 +0000