Fri Aug 10, 10:21 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - The family of a British resident being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have released a graphic dossier detailing abuse he says he faced at the hands of his captors, the Guardian reported Saturday.
Omar Deghayes, 37, is one of five men who Britain asked the United States to release from the controversial camp earlier this week in a move which was seen as a toughening of London's stance over the "war on terror."
Deghayes was arrested in Pakistan in late 2001 or early 2002 before being taken to Bagram in Afghanistan and then to Guantanamo, the paper said.
The dossier claims he faced electric shocks in Kabul prison, went without food for 45 days while he was being transported from Bagram to Guantanamo and faced repeated beatings once in the notorious US camp, the paper reported.
Deghayes, who dictated the dossier to his lawyer from Guantanamo, also says he saw a prisoner shot dead in Bagram who had gone to help an inmate being beaten, the Guardian reported.
The Libyan national alleges that "sexual abuse did occur" but added it was too distressing to go through.
The United States claims that Al-Qaeda tells its operatives to allege mistreatment.
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Mr Deghayes grew up in Brighton and studied law at Wolverhampton University and then studied in Huddersfield. His family say he is not a terrorist and opposed violence.
The US says al-Qaida tells its operatives to allege ill treatment, though parts of Mr Deghayes' account are consistent with those from former detainees.
The dossier contains far more allegations and detail than previously made public. Mr Deghayes says "sexual abuse did occur", but says he can not bear to relive the details until he is released: "It is very distressing and sad to go through and remember again."
He says he was threatened with being sent back to Libya where his family fear he would be killed.
He was first arrested in Lahore, Pakistan, in late 2001-early 2002, then taken to Bagram in Afghanistan, before being sent to Guantánamo Bay.
The allegations challenge President George Bush's repeated claims that the US does not use torture.
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