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December 11, 2014

U.S. Hands over Control of Afghanistan's Bagram Prison After Torture Findings Released 
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Calling the U.S. torture practices "gruesome," Germany's justice
minister said "everybody involved must be legally prosecuted." Afghan
President Ashraf Ghani called the CIA's abuses "inhuman" and in
violation of "all accepted norms of human rights in the world." Ghani's
comments come as the United States quietly announced it has closed its
last remaining prison in Afghanistan at the Bagram Air Base — just
one day after the torture report's release. In closing Bagram, the
United States has handed over the last prisoners known to be in its
custody in Afghanistan — including one prisoner whose torture is
detailed in the Senate report.

 

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