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Terror suspects still in extreme conditions despite torture ban

Published: 19 October, 2009, 08:56
Edited: 28 April, 2010, 18:37


Metropolitan Correctional Center (Chris Hondros / Getty Images / AFP)

While Barack Obama has banned the use of interrogation methods deemed as torture, the trial of some Al-Qaeda suspects continue to arouse controversy due to notorious “Special Administrative Measures” (or “SAMs”).

 
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