Bagram Center Abuse
The McClatchy Newspapers conducted an eight-month-long investigation into allegations of prisoner abuse at the Bagram internment camp in Afghanistan. The investigation revealed a pattern of abuse that persisted for several years. The New York Times also reported on abuses at the detention center, but McClatchy's report suggests the abuse occurred to a greater extent.
Fast Facts
- Five-part series called "Guantanamo: Beyond the Law"1
- First installment of the report released on June 15 and June 16, 20081
- McClatchy Newspapers began investigation in early 20071
- Report asserts that the Bush Administration often captured the wrong people2
- Reports that detainees were brutalized while held in Afghanistan
- Detainees then allegedly sent to Guantanamo Bay and held without charges2
- The New York Times first drew attention to prisoner abuse at Bagram in 2004
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