State Department cable concerning several press reports focusing on the situation in Iraq and Saudi Araiba. International media attention focused on human rights issues, specifically Abu Graib and the killing of civilians in U.S. air strikes and ...
State Department cable with talking points and guidance for answering questions from the press regarding; i) the Saudi detainees at Guantanamno; ii) Libia/Pan-Am 103 UN santions and Possible French Veto; iii) Jordan Investigation into shooting of ...
Contents Redacted Under FOIA Exemption
A detainee was taken in to custody on January 10, 2004 and alleged he was abused during his arrest by being kicked in the face while he was restrained, hooded and in a kneeling position. He also states while detained at Camp Biap, Baghdad he was ...
Interview of detainee at Guantanamo. Detainee was shown a photo book wherein he identified Usama bin Laden, but says he never met him. Then he claimed that on a previous occasion two femal interviewers hooded him and had him beaten under questioning.
May 18, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Physical assault, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling
State Department cable discusses a request made by members of the Italian Senate Foreign Affairs Committee have asked for a general debate on the status of the Al-Qaida and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo.
Detainee interviewed at Guantanamo, Bay. Detainee stated that he was willing to be interviewed. He was asked about a specific person also housed at the camp, but stated he had limited knowledge of this person and others knew the person better ...
Letter from OAS/Inter-Commission on Human Rights to Colin L. Powell requesting precautionary measures for detainees in Guantanamo.
The letter states that 254 detainees were brought to Camp X-ray on or about Jan 11, 2002 from Afghanistan, Mr. ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Letter
Juan Mendez
Colin L. Powell | Roger F. Noriega
Colin L. Powell, Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone
Letter
Juan Mendez
Colin L. Powell | Roger F. Noriega
Colin L. Powell, Roger F. Noriega, Harry R. Melone
State Department cable distributes transcript from the May 29, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) Deputy Sec. Armitage meets with Swedish Defense Minister Bjorn Von Sydow; ii) ...
State Department cable focusing on Comments by Mary Robinson, UN high commisoner for Human Rights, about the nexis of poverty and human rights in Brazil.