The UK government has paid "substantial" compensation to a man who was tortured by the CIA and remains imprisoned without trial at Guantanamo Bay after almost 20 years, the BBC can reveal. He has been described as a "guinea pig" for the highly controversial interrogation techniques employed by the CIA in the aftermath of 9/11. According to a US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA detention and interrogation programme, Zubaydah was routinely subjected to treatment that by UK standards would be considered torture, including being waterboarded 83 times (simulated drowning), locked in coffin-shaped boxes and physically assaulted.
Published at: 2026-01-11 22:00:05
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