Guantanamo detainee claims abuse (phone call from Gitmo-according to Maddow/MSNBC)

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Source: Al Jazeera

Guantanamo detainee claims abuse
The Guantanamo prison facility has been
heavily criticised by rights groups

An inmate in the US prison facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has told Al Jazeera he has been beaten while in custody and tear gassed after refusing to leave his cell.

Mohammad Al-Qaraani, a Chadian national, said in a phone call to Al Jazeera that the alleged ill-treatment has occurred since the election of Barack Obama as US president.

"This treatment started about 20 days before Obama came into power, and since then I've been subjected to it almost every day," he told Al Jazeera.

"Since Obama took charge he has not shown us that anything will change."

On his second day in office, Obama ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay, which has been heavily criticised by rights groups over reports of ill-treatment of detainees.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/2009414174251712694.html

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(phone call from Gitmo-according to Maddow/MSNBC)

Rachel just now reported on this