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Secret prisons and renditions

Reprieve investigates secret detention around the world and reunites 'disappeared' prisoners with their legal rights.


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    Abu Ghraib

    This notorious prison was in the city of Abu Ghraib, 20 miles west of Baghdad.

  2. Amanatullah Ali

    Amanatullah Ali

    Mr. Amanatullah has been held beyond the rule of law for over five years in Bagram Prison.

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    Ariana Hotel

    Located near the presidential palace in the city centre, CIA officials have occupied Kabul’s Ariana Hotel since 2001.

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    Bagram Airbase

    Originally used to process prisoners captured during Operation Enduring Freedom, Bagram has become backlogged with prisoners who are held for many years without legal rights.

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    Camp Bucca

    A temporary holding facility near the Kuwait border in Iraq, Camp Bucca rose to public attention after an unidentified female soldier spoke openly about how she and colleagues shot and killed prisoners.

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    Camp Cropper

    This maximum security prison near Iraq’s Baghdad International airport is run by the US military and contains a High Value detention facility.

  7. Diego Garcia

    Diego Garcia

    British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia has been used for illegal rendition and detention of prisoners including Mustafa Setmarian Naser and Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni.

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    Eagle Base

    Reprieve has identified eight prisoners held beyond the rule of law at Bosnia's Eagle Base since 2001, including Nihad Karsic and Almin Hardaus.

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    Ibn al Sheikh al Libi

    The ‘informer’ whose false statements – obtained by torture – were used to justify the Iraq war, is now reported to have died in custody in Libya.

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    ISI Unit

    Controlled by Pakistani Intelligence, the ISI unit allows the FBI full access to prisoners here.

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    Lazogley State Security Intelligence Regional Headquarters

    Located directly under the Ministry of Interior, Ahmed El Maati was secretly held in this state security branch for several weeks in July 2002.

  12. Mamdouh Habib

    Mamdouh Habib was arrested on October 5, 2001 in Karachi, Pakistan.

  13. Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni

    Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni

    Detained in Jakarta on 9 January 2002, Madni was rendered to torture in Egypt via Diego Garcia, and subsequently held in Bagram and Guantanamo Bay.

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    Mukhabarat al-Aama Headquarters

    Beatings here were so professional that it seemed as though the interrogators were trained in martial arts.

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    Mulhaq Mazra

    Part of the Tora Prison Complex, Ahmed Agiza and Muhammed al-Zari report that they were regularly subjected to electric shocks and other torture in Mulhaq Mazra.

  16. Mustafa Setmarium Naser

    Mustafa Setmarium Naser

    'Ghost' prisoner Mustafa Nasar was seized in Pakistan in 2005 and handed to US forces. He was then secretly flown to British Overseas Territory Diego Garcia and almost certainly held there. Since then he has completely disappeared.

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    Palestine Branch

    Run by Syrian Military Intelligence, this prison is known for its brutal interrogation methods.

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    Pol-e-Charki

    A vast Afghan prison complex, Pol-e-Charki contains a new American-financed high-security wing called the Afghan National Defence Facility.

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    Szymany Airport

    A former Soviet-era military compound, Szymany is the biggest CIA jail in Poland, and has been described as the main base for CIA interrogations in Europe.

  20. Tal’at Fu’ad Qassim

    Rendered via the Balkans to Egypt and subsequently killed, Tal’at Fu’ad Qassim is is the first known rendition by the U.S. government to a third country with a record of torture.

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    Témara

    Located in the headquarters of the Direction de la Securité du Territoire (DST), the Moroccan secret police, Témara was used to torture Binyam Mohamed for 18 months.

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    The Dark Prison

    Afghanistan’s most notorious prison chains prisoners in total darkness, with heavy metal music blaring for weeks at a time.

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    The Salt Pit

    Housed in an old brick factory outside of Kabul's business district to the north of the city, the Salt Pit was considered by many to be the largest CIA prison in Afghanistan.

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    Tora Prison Complex

    This complex includes Istikbal Tora prison, Mazra Tora prison and its annex Mulhaq Mazra, the Leman Tora pison and its hospital and Scorpion high security prison.

  25. USS Bataan in Palma

    USS Bataan

    USS Bataan is one of the US government’s most infamous 'floating prisons'. Prison ships have been used by the US to hold terror suspects illegally since the days of President Clinton.

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    USS Peleliu

    The USS Peleliu held around 8 detainees before they were transferred to the USS Bataan.

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