Cameroonian Troops Tortured and Killed Prisoners at Base Used for #US Drone Surveillance #Cameroun #Torture #USA | News in english | Scoop.it

Cameroonian Troops Tortured and Killed Prisoners at Base Used for #US Drone Surveillance #Cameroun #Torture #USA

A new report by Amnesty International and research by Forensic Architecture shows U.S. personnel were regularly near where detainees say torture occurred.

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No evidence has emerged that U.S. personnel were involved in torture, but photos and videos from Salak show U.S. soldiers and civilian contractors near the facilities where prisoners were held, and detainees testified to seeing and hearing Americans in uniform during their imprisonment.

“We can’t be 100 percent sure that Americans were aware of the torture,” said Ilaria Allegrozzi, Amnesty International’s lead researcher on a new report about abuses by Cameroonian forces. “But our evidence demonstrates that at Salak these practices occur in places that are accessible and can be visible to U.S. and other foreign personnel.”(...)