Courtesy of: Roads To Iraq
Sunday, March 11, 2007
According Le Monde newspaper that the US started a regional network of US secret prisons in East-Africa violating international law.
The network started in Kenya late January with the arrest of hundreds of Somalis fled their country because of the civil war heading to Kenya, detained by the Kenya army among them women and children.
Njonjo Moults, head of the of the Commission human rights in Kenya KNCHR, said:
We asked to have access to the prisoners. That was refused, without explanation.
Humanitarian organization counted at least 155 prisoners from various nationalities were transferred from Kenya to Somalia.
Somalia is just a passage to other countries like Ethiopia [Gode base where the US military are present] or to Djibouti [US military base ] were at least 22 prisoners were exposed to torture and mistreatment.
Certain sources confirmed:
Arab nationals of countries in the Middle East brought to Gode to be questioned, tortured, and could be transferred towards other countries. Jordan and the Sultanate of Oman are quoted like probable destinations, without it being possible to establish the role of the United States in these transferring.
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