Monday, April 25, 2011

Secret US files on Mamdouh Habib and David Hicks released by WikiLeaks

A summary filed by the Cairo lawyers says Mr Habib was detained without charge for six months and subjected to “the most horrible torture methods” including electric shock, cigarette burns, attack by dogs, sexual violation and water torture.

The documents allege some of Mr Habib's interrogations were conducted personally by General Sulaiman, who has been Egypt's intelligence chief since 1993, and that torture occurred in the presence of Jamal Mubarak, who was a senior official in the ousted regime.

Mr Habib received a confidential payout from the Australian government after a legal case in which he accused the government of aiding and abetting his torture by foreign agents in Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/wikileaks/secret-us-files-on-mamdouh-habib-and-david-hicks-released-by-wikileaks/story-fn775xjq-1226044540011