Afghan teenagers say they were beaten in US military jail

Brunei News.Net
Saturday 28th November, 2009

US reports about alleged abuses in the secretive Bagram jail in Afghanistan, have angered human rights workers.

A report in The Washington Post published Saturday has quoted two Afghan teenagers who said they were beaten by interrogators while being held at the Bagram air base jail this year.

They also say they suffered sleep deprivation and sexual humiliation.

The teenagers alleged they were held for weeks without access to representatives of the Red Cross.

Human rights workers have reported similar abuses at Bagram jail in the past.

President Obama ordered the closure of secret CIA detention centres soon after taking office, but the Bagram facility, which is run by military Special Operations forces, is not subject to the presidential order.

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