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Ex-Guantanamo Detainee To Sue U.S.

HeadlineJul 19, 2004

A Swedish man who was held at Guantanamo Bay has announced he plans to sue the US for holding him for two and a half years without pressing charges. The man, Mehdi Ghezali, said he was interrogated almost every day and tortured. He was chained in painful positions, exposed to freezing cold, deprived of sleep and exposed to loud noises, bright lights and extreme cold.

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