Ten years of torture: On anniversary of Abu Zubaydah’s capture, Poland charges former spy chief over “black site”
Ten years ago, on the evening of March 28, 2002, the Bush administration officially embarked on its “high-value detainee” program in the “war on terror” that had been declared in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, when Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (more commonly identified as Abu Zubaydah), was captured in a house raid in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Bringing Guantánamo to Poland -- and talking about the secret CIA torture prison
Andy Worthington reports on the tour of Poland, with Moazzam Begg, of the film "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo".
What happened in Europe's secret CIA prisons?
Fresh evidence regarding CIA rendition flights
Warsaw-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) provided fresh evidence of cooperation between the Polish Government and the CIA on renditions.
Will Poland’s former leaders face war crimes charges for hosting secret CIA prison?
Andy Worthington asks: Could war crimes charges in Poland trigger full exposure of the CIA's secret prison programme?
New evidence about prisoners held in secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania
New revelations from Poland unearth more than was previously known about the secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania. Andy Worthington reports.
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