Extraordinary Rendition [Documentary about War on Terror and Guantanamo Bay / Binyam Mohamed]

Please see: http://www.reprieve.org.uk/binyammohamed

Binyam Mohamed al Habashi (also transliterated as Benyam Mohammed) (b. 1979) is an Eritrean national who is detained in Guantanamo Bay prison. In 1994, Mohammed sought asylum in the UK. He was captured and transported in the frame of the US extraordinary rendition program.

After a long battle with the US authorities, Binyam Mohamed was released from Guantánamo Bay arriving in Britain on Monday 23rd February 2009.

Speaking of his time in the Dark Prison, Binyam said:

It was pitch black, no lights on in the rooms for most of the time. They hung me up for two days. My legs had swollen. My wrists and hands had gone numb. There was loud music, Slim Shady [by Eminem] and Dr. Dre for 20 days. Then they changed the sounds to horrible ghost laughter and Halloween sounds. At one point, I was chained to the rails for a fortnight. The CIA worked on people, including me, day and night. Plenty lost their minds. I could hear people knocking their heads against the walls and the doors, screaming their heads off.

In a statement released through Reprieve, Binyam Mohamed said 'I am not asking for vengeance; only that the truth should be made known, so that nobody in the future should have to endure what I have endured.'

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Music by Steven Bicknell. Directed and filmed by Yasemin Rashit and Alex Kiehl.
I edited this documentary.

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Please see: http://www.reprieve.org.uk/binyammohamed

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[Fleshy91]

It's against American law to be involved in torture, which is why the US gov. outsources the dirty work to private and/or foreign entities who report only to the top echelons of the pentagon. Think about all the top secret files kept in high tech vaults. The pentagon is the most secure and heavily guarded facility in America outside of Area 51 for example. Think about all the intel that might have been destroyed at the pentagon on 911.

[alphaoneproductions]

@Fleshy91 Good point. What the US state is prohibited from doing at home, it may carry out abroad. Did you know that the US was using Libya to render people ("terror suspects") to Guantanamo?

Now apparently the US govt doesnt approve of Gaddafi and thinks it should invade and bomb the country. Sounds like what they did to Yugoslavia with NATO.

Re: secret files - what about Bradley Manning - now in solitary confinement for releasing details of US war crimes? Its hypocrisy

Thanks for watching.

[Vausgorn]

it is haram to mistreat your prisoners in islam. Muhammed ordered his men to untie them, and give them water.

[alphaoneproductions]

@Vausgorn its a shame Binyams torturers were not good Muslims, Christians, Jews or atheists.

They were infact insane soldiers, with no morals, brainwashed by the US government to commit acts of terror and torture against humanity. Your typical imperialist army really...

[lifeinthenfl]

OBAMA!!! BIAtch

[alphaoneproductions]

@lifeinthenfl Obama still hasnt closed down Guantanamo. His name is no use here.

[stove6]

Hang Bush for war crimes

[CommanderUTube]

The danger is that innocent people can be wrongfully arrested,tortured,abused and killed to cover up the error.

What happened to American values?

[GGmod]

son of a bitch bush

[polygamous1]

i do understand what u r saying n in some way u r right of course but its more to all stories on the BBC we r rich we pay no tax 1 man Green something paid himself n family £1.2 BILLION not Million in 1 year n paid No tax at all cause his wife owns all the shares n she lives in Monaco it was many others too the rich robbing the poor City of London is a state within but their alligence does Not belong to the host country n they pay No tax tp their host country like tha vatican n washington DC

[beezer1981]

George W Bush should be put through the courts along with dick "head" cheeney, rumsfield and the rest of his nazi grouping!! they think they own the world. It is about time they had to face the consequences of living beyond the rule of law and human rights!! I would hope for the death penalty just as bush has fought for in his redneck texas!

[Yasminess1]

this is so sad..this should never of happened..open your eyes people...we need to stop this!