Amnesty International has asked US authorities to take better care of one of the alleged ringleaders of the September 11, 2001, attacks whose health is rapidly deteriorating at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.
In a letter made public on Wednesday, Amnesty International said Mustafa al-Hawsawi is suffering “painful and humiliating” rectal problems, which are result of CIA torture.
Amnesty said Hawsawi’s problems “may well be the result of torture by US government personnel: namely sodomy with a foreign object while in CIA custody.”
The rights group called on the Pentagon health affairs chief to provide better care for the Saudi detainee — one of the “9/11 Five” accused of plotting attacks that killed thousands of people.
Amnesty said the suspect is in desperate need of medical care since he is suffering from immense physical pain.