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Medical Report: 36-Year-Old Iraqi Male, Detainee, Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, Iraq re: Exhaustion (0219-04-CID259-80253)
Apr. 15, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1080
A 36 year-old male detainee was found in his cell (#19) on Tier 1-A of Abu Ghraib Prison, laying on his stomach on the floor of his cell. Refused to eat food for five (5) days. Detainee stated that he was having difficulty eating because he felt as if he could not breath in his cell. The detainee was given fresh air and an opportunity to change cells. He ate food and was medically cleared for further detention.
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- 2004-03-15, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
Allegation by an Iraqi detinee that interrogators hand- and leg-cuffed him to the floor and pushed him over while blindfolded, causing severe pain and nerve bruising in his wrist.
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