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Red Cross: US Is Running Secret Prison at Bagram

HeadlineMay 11, 2010

The International Committee of the Red Cross has confirmed to the BBC that the US is running a secret prison at the US airbase at Bagram in Afghanistan. Nine former prisoners have told the BBC that they were held in the secret site. Many former prisoners refer to the secret jail as the “black jail.” Prisoners reported being subjected to sleep deprivation, freezing temperatures and other abuses. The US has denied the existence of the secret prison.

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