Khaled al-Sharif
Khaled al-Sharif is a Libyan who was held for two years in a secret CIA black site, where captives were regularly tortured.[1] After interviewing him Human Rights Watch asserted he had offered a credible account that he had been waterboarded, even though he was not one of the three individuals the CIA has acknowledged they waterboarded.[2]
Al-Sharif was held by the CIA for two years.[1] After his US detention Libya also put al-Shiraf in extrajudicial detention, until the end of the Gaddafi regime.
Although the CIA concluded the techniques they employed would not cause the victims any long term damage medical professionals who examined the torture survivors described extensive long term damage.[2]
Al-Sharif said that, in 2011, during the initial period of the Arab Spring, ordinary Libyans welcomed the USA playing a role in the overthrow of dictator Muammar Gaddafi.[2] However, since the USA seemed happy to support his replacement by other autocrats, they no longer trust the USA.
After the fall of the Gaddafi regime al-Sharif was appointed the administrator of a prison.[2] In 2015 video emerged of the controversial interrogation of one of Gaddafi's son, at his prison.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neil Collier, Sheri Fink (2016-10-08). "Memories of a Secret C.I.A. Prison" (video). The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20161008180146/https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000004694493/memories-of-a-secret-cia-prison.html. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Declan Walsh (2019-05-16). "Iran Crisis or ‘Circus’? A Weary Middle East Wonders". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20230129032901/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-fears.html. Retrieved 2024-04-07. "Khaled al-Sharif knows about the sharp end of American policy. A Libyan anti-Qaddafi rebel, he was arrested in Pakistan in 2003 and held for two years in a Central Intelligence Agency dungeon in Afghanistan where, he says, he suffered extensive torture that left him with persistent mental health problems."
