A/HRC/13/42* page 157 Case 4 - Biographic details Name Mr. Bisher Al-Rawi* Nationality/country of origin Iraq Gender Male Detention Date of the initial detention 8 November 2002 Location of the initial detention Banjul, the Gambia Grounds of detention No charges were ever brought against him. The authority(ies) involved in the arrest/detention Gambia: He was detained by officers from the Gambian Intelligence Agency and subsequently kept in custody by Gambian authorities. Afghanistan: Afghani authorities. He was interrogated by American officials, including officials from the CIA, the MI5 and foreign counter intelligence delegations from Tunisia, Syria, and Libya, among others. Site(s) held in detention, including sites of possible transit 1. Safe houses in a residential area in Banjul, the Gambia 2. “Dark Prison”, Afghanistan 3. Bagram, Afghanistan 4. Guantanamo Bay Total period of detention More than four years (8 November 2002 to 30 March 2007) Duration of secret detention Safe houses in a residential area in Banjul, the Gambia (one month); “Dark Prison” (three weeks) and Bagram, Afghanistan (one month); and Guantanamo Bay (four years). Conditions and treatment In Banjul, he was first allowed to be free inside the safe houses. He was later placed in a wooden cage. On the flight to Afghanistan, he was blindfolded, hooded, handcuffed and his feet were shackled. At the “Dark Prison”, an old detention center, there was no light or heating. The guards all wore hoods and never spoke. On the first day, he was placed in a dark cell and the handcuffs and hood were eventually removed. He was kept in that cell, which measured approximately 5 x 9 feet for three weeks. It had a steel door, a bucket, an old piece of carpet and a rusty steel bar. He was kept in the cold and had to wear diapers. Loud music was played continuously. The only light he saw was the torches carried by the guards when they gave him food, which was on average less than once per day. He was kept incommunicado and was not interrogated during this time. On around 22 December, two American and two Afghan guards went into his cell, chained his hands behind his back and hooded him. He was taken away on a helicopter to Bagram, Afghanistan. He was held at an old factory, which was used as a secret detention facility. He spent the first three days and several weeks after in isolation. At Bagram, he was subjected to sleep deprivation for up to three days and threats. He was subjected to almost daily, long interrogations, and he was always handcuffed, hooded and shackled. He was transferred to Guantanamo Bay through a rendition flight on 7 February 2003. During the trip, which lasted 24 hours, he was handcuffed, had goggles covering his eyes and his feet