New Guantanamo abuse claim 14 Apr 09

  • 12 years ago
A detainee at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay is claiming he was tear gassed and beaten by guards.

In a phone call to Al Jazeera, Mohammad al-Qaraani said the abuse continued this year, after Barack Obama, the US president, took power.

One of the first promises Obama had made was to close down the controversial prison within one year, and to stop the abuse of detainees

Monica Villamizar reports.

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