US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan

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Sat Jan-16-10 04:46 AM
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US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan

Source: bbc

US authorities have released the names of 645 prisoners held at Bagram air base in Afghanistan in response to a freedom of information lawsuit.

The lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sought documents related to the detention and treatment of prisoners at the base.

The ACLU said vital details about the prisoners had been withheld.

US officials had previously refused to publish the list. One lawyer said the move was "completely unprecedented".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8462894.stm

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Sat Jan-16-10 05:56 AM
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1. Why Bagram is Guantanamo's evil twin and Britain's dirty secret

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1232665/Why-Bagram-Guantanamos-evil-twin-Britains-dirty-secret.html

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