Rights Watch: US forces involved the torture of detainees secret prisons in Yemen

Rights Watch: US forces involved the torture of detainees secret prisons in Yemen



20:30 - 06/26/2017




Organization Hoemn Rights Watch on Monday confirmed the involvement of US forces in the interrogation of detainees in secret prisons in Yemen, run by Emirati forces and other Yemeni-backed Emirates, where torture is widespread.

The organization said in a report seen by / information / that "prisoners of these centers are crammed blindfolded in shipping containers contaminated with fecal matter for weeks, beating and Aaron and grill linking the victim to the shaft and surrounded by the Department of Fire", adding that "prisoners are also subjected to sexual abuse and other forms of abuse treatment, "adding," the report also alleges the transfer of some of the prisoners to a ship for questioning by experts in the field of lie detector experts and psychologists. "

He pointed out that "This is a painful reminder of the participation of the US Central Intelligence Agency and the US military directly in similar torture programs in previous periods, in this case, the United States is trying to evade responsibility," noting that "the United States formally denied knowledge of cases of torture and ill-treatment in Yemeni centers, but who would believe it? The report says that many of the US Department of Defense officials confirmed knowledge of senior US military commanders allegations of torture. "

She continued, "but these officials have worked to reduce the US responsibility to minimize, saying that the leaders looked at the allegations, and felt satisfied with the lack of any violation got" the presence of US forces, "asserting that" this claim is difficult to scroll, and if US forces were interrogating individuals with there is the possibility of being subjected to torture credible belief, they are risking complicity in abuses. "

The agency, "documented, journalists and other groups of cases of torture, enforced disappearances and widespread in detention operated by Emirates and local forces facilities, also issued a report on our investigation in the detention of 49 people - including four children - in Yemen and their disappearance forcibly," while noted that "the US intervention alleged would be in violation of international law, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Convention against torture, which has ratified the United States. "

She said that "there was one thing the United States should learn from the post-11 September, it is to engage in torture, or to cooperate with the forces committed, counterproductive, and helps to recruit armed groups, and promotes instability and ill-treatment, as not You can rely on information derived from torture, which leads to false allegations and a waste of resources. " It ended 25


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