Afghans recently released from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay
in Cuba have told how they were kept in tiny cages and subjected to
interrogations for more than a year to prove their innocence.
Some of the 18 have also described how they suffered brutal treatment at
the hands of Afghan jailers, before being transferred to Cuba as
suspected
Al-Qaeda or Taliban fighters.
They are only the second batch of prisoners released from the detention
centre, which holds hundreds of people captured during the coalition's
campaign in Afghanistan, including two Australians.
US authorities have described the detainees as unlawful combatants who
can be held indefinitely without trial.
Afghans claim they were mistreated in detention
centre in Cuba
ABC Online - 1 hour ago
Afghans recently released from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay
in Cuba have told how they were kept in tiny cages and subjected to
interrogations for more than a year to prove their innocence.
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