The US Department of Defence says its policy is to treat detainees humanely.But Chris Arendt has told the BBC some of his fellow guards were so violent as to be psychotic. He says what he saw there amounted to torture.
"I saw people storm into the cell and beat that detainee, and then zip-tie the detainee and pull them out. I saw that done excessively," he said. "I saw people kicking detainees in the face. It's torture, it's a means of extracting information that I didn't even believe these people probably had."
Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has written a letter to US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates protesting the "inhumane and unlawful practice" of force-feeding hunger strikers at the prison. "Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said there were 34 hunger strikers at the prison and that 25 of them were being force-fed.
"Force-feeding is universally considered to be a form of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment," Mr Dakwar wrote to Mr Gates."Debilitating risks of force-feeding include major infections, pneumonia and collapsed lungs," said Mr Dawkar, recalling that five detainees have died in custody at the US naval base prison.
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