Complainant or his family and friends about the reason for his apprehension or
indeed his whereabouts. The flight took a few several hours. Upon landing, the
Complainant was quickly pushed into a motor vehicle and driven for about half an
hour to a detention facility where he was kept in isolation for two weeks.
6.
During the second week he was interrogated about three times concerning
terrorist-related activities. The interrogations centred on his relationship with certain
terrorist suspects, and Al-Haramain, an Islamic Foundation to which had previously
rented office premises in his property in Tanzania and of which he had been
appointed as a co-trustee. The interrogations were carried out in English with the
help of an Arabic language interpreter. He denied involvement in any terroristrelated activities.
7.
Concerning the conditions of his detention, the Complainant states that he was
first briefly kept in a small old dirty and unfurnished room, and then transferred to a
bigger and cleaner room which only had an old sponge mattress, a toilet, a tap, and a
plastic basin. After a few days he was provided with a pillow and a sheet. He was
never allowed a change of clothes for the entire two weeks. High up the walls of the
room were two small windows which opened to the outside. Another window was
on the iron door. During the night, there were a lot of mosquitoes which prevented
him from sleeping. From this cell, he could hear motor vehicles passing by, the call
to prayer, and children playing, all which gave him the impression that he was in a
residential area.
8.
The Complainant states that at the end of the two weeks, he was once more
bound, blindfolded, and driven from the secret detention facility to an airport ‘by
local personnel’. He further alleges that at the airport, he was pulled from the car,
lifted off the ground and his blindfold was ripped off. He saw about five individuals
clad in black with their faces concealed with balaclavas. The men tore off his
clothing, shoved a finger into his rectum, photographed him naked, diapered him,
and dressed him in a short sleeved shirt and a pair of trousers. Further, they plugged
his ears with cotton, placed headphones and a hood over his head, tightly taped
around his head, while his hands, waist, and feet were chained. He was then put on
a waiting plane and flown out in turn to three detention facilities allegedly operated
by the United States of America, two of which were in Afghanistan.
9.
He states that in the subsequent secret detention facilities, he was still never
allowed contact with the outside world including his own family and friends,
organisations, and legal counsel. In addition he was subjected to continued isolate
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