KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — A Malaysian detainee recently repatriated from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba has revealed harrowing sketches illustrating the torture he...
In this file photo taken on January 26, 2017, a guard tower is seen outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the US military’s prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mohamad Farik Amin . — AFP/Bernama picsas a first-time user . Exclusively for Malay Mail readers: Use codeKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — A Malaysian detainee recently repatriated from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba has revealed harrowing sketches illustrating the torture he endured during CIA interrogations.
Now declassified, these exhibits were submitted to the court as part of Farik’s mitigation plea for a lesser punishment. Both pleaded guilty under a pre-trial agreement reached with prosecutors, which would allow their repatriation to a third country and release after five years. During the trial, as his sketches were shown on-screen, Farik described how the torture started shortly after his arrest in Bangkok.“I was held nude and handcuffed with my legs chained to the floor for months. I could not move around in the cell. I soiled myself while in this position. The only noise I could hear was white noise buzzing all the time, 24/7,” Farik said in response to a question from Funk, according to court notes.
One drawing depicted four guards, some wearing balaclavas, holding him to the floor while another CIA agent straddled him and poured water on his face and body.Other sketches illustrated him shackled with his arms raised above his head while being deprived of sleep, being shaved from head to toe, and shifting his weight from one leg to another to relieve pain.
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