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Alleged American use of torture
Check it out in the Guardian today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2019580,00.html
Here's an excerpt from the article, but read the whole thing if this bothers
you and ask your MP what they're doing about it. You could also email Tony Blair to confirm that he's doing all he can (which may not be much...) to stop
the US Government doing this.
The Bush administration's plan was to put José Padilla on trial for allegedly being part of a network linked to international terrorists. But Padilla's lawyers are arguing that he is not fit to stand trial because he has been driven insane by the government.
Arrested in May 2002 at Chicago's O'Hare airport, Padilla, a Brooklyn-born former gang member, was classified as an "enemy combatant" and taken to a navy prison in Charleston, South Carolina. He was kept in a cell 9ft by 7ft, with no natural light, no clock and no calendar. Whenever Padilla left the cell, he was shackled and suited in heavy goggles and headphones. Padilla was kept under these conditions for 1,307 days. He was forbidden contact with anyone but his interrogators, who punctured the extreme sensory deprivation with sensory overload, blasting him with harsh lights and pounding sounds.