M’sian detainee sketched his torture at Guantanomo Bay

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Farik Amin told a military court of his sketches when mitigating for a more lenient sentence.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/27/msian-detainee-sketched-his-torture-at-guantanomo-bay/   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/12/27/farik-amin-lakar-seksaan-di-teluk-guantanamo/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #GuantanomoBay #Malaysian #Torture

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00:00One of the two Malaysian detainees, repatriated from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre,

00:06sketched the various forms of torture he suffered by agents from the Central Investigation Agency.

00:12Farriq Amin drew the sketches over the last five years of his detention on the advice

00:16of Christine Fung, a lawyer assigned to him by the US authorities.

00:21Farriq and Nazir Leib were jailed for 23 years each for their role in the Bali bombings in

00:252002, which killed 202 people.

00:29According to the declassified documents, both detainees told the court of the inhumane methods

00:33employed by CIA agents while they were held in solitary confinement in a secret prison

00:38in Afghanistan for three and a half years.

00:41Farriq told the court his torture began soon after he was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand

00:45in 2003.

00:47He described being handcuffed and chained to the floor for months, often forced to soil

00:51himself as he was unable to move from his shackles.

00:55Farriq also said he was punched, inflicted with a lot of pain and humiliated throughout

01:00his confinement, leading him to have nightmares about his experiences.

01:04Farriq and Nazir returned to Malaysia last week following nearly 20 years of solitary

01:08confinement at Guantanamo Bay.

01:11Natasha Buzd, FMT News.

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