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Headlines : Human RightsAustralian recalls incidents of torture at Guantanamo Bay in defamation case
The story of Australian Mamdouh Habib is a disturbing, yet now all-too-familiar one. He was picked up by Pakistani police in early October 2001, part of a broad sweep in the aftermath of Al-Qaeda’s September 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Centre.
He became part of the CIA’s ongoing ‘extraordinary rendition’ program, where people swept up by intelligence agencies worldwide are flown to third-party countries, countries with no qualms about torture, where no lawyers speak and where nobody gets a right of reply.
Habib spent three years in custody. Three years without charge.
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[Posted By faelnarr]Republished from The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib says he was injected with drugs in front of an Australian official while being interrogated in Pakistan.
Mr Habib was visibly distressed while giving evidence today at a second-stage defamation hearing in the NSW Supreme Court, weeping and at one point asking for a break as he spoke of his alleged torture.
Justice David McClellan is hearing evidence on defences and damages in Mr Habib’s defamation case against Nationwide News.
A jury earlier found that an opinion piece by columnist Piers Akerman defamed Mr Habib by implying he falsely made claims about torture…
Posted by faelnarr
This happened to a janitor at a local high school in 2001 – he lost 8 months to imprisonment without charge…good to hear that the stories are still coming out (instead of being ‘lost’, like the people themselves).