America: Incommunicado detention / Fear of ill-treatment, Adil al-Jazeeri

America: Incommunicado detention / Fear of ill-treatment, Adil al-Jazeeri

Index Number: AMR 51/103/2003
Date Published: 15 July 2003
Categories: USA, Americas

According to reports, Adil al-Jazeeri, an Algerian national and allegedly a leading member of al-Qa'ida, was handed over to US agents by Pakistan authorities on 13 July and may have been taken to the US Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan, for further interrogation. In recent months, there have been disturbing allegations of ill-treatment of detainees held incommunicado in Bagram. \n\n