Amnesty: Gitmo detainee possibly sodomized in CIA custody
Amnesty International has called on US authorities to provide medical care to one of the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison whose health is rapidly deteriorating due to CIA torture.
In a letter made public on Wednesday, Amnesty International said Mustafa al-Hawsawi is suffering "painful and humiliating" rectal problems, which may have been the result of CIA torture.
Amnesty said Hawsawi's problems "may well be the result of torture by US government personnel: namely sodomy with a foreign object while in CIA custody.”
The rights group called on the Pentagon health affairs chief to provide better care for the Saudi detainee -- one of the "9/11 Five" accused of plotting attacks that killed thousands of people.
Amnesty said the suspect is in desperate need of medical care since he is suffering from immense physical pain.
The group said Hawsawi has received only minimal treatment, but the Pentagon claims all detainees receive the care they need.
Pentagon spokesman Gary Ross declined to comment on the specifics of Hawsawi's case, but told AFP that "all detainees are provided medical and dental care equivalent to that received by US service members" at Guantanamo Bay.
The September, 11, 2001 attacks, also known as the 9/11 attacks, were a series of strikes in the US which killed nearly 3,000 people and caused about $10 billion worth of property and infrastructure damage.
US officials assert that the attacks were carried out by al-Qaeda terrorists but many experts have raised questions about the official account.
They believe that rogue elements within the US government orchestrated or at least encouraged the 9/11 attacks in order to accelerate the US war machine and advance the Zionist agenda.
The Guantanamo Bay military prison was established by former US President George W. Bush’s administration in 2002 for alleged foreign terrorism suspects following the September 11, 2001, attacks.
A US Senate report in December 2014 revealed that the CIA had used a wide array of torture as part of its interrogation methods against Guantanamo prisoners.
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