A/HRC/13/42* page 162 January 2005. Additional information In Kandahar, he spent the first 4 weeks in solitary confinement in a metallic barn divided into six cells. He was later held with other detainees. He was held in incommunicado detention for two months, although he was visited by the ICRC. He was subjected to heavy torture and was interrogated, sometimes naked, by the FBI, the CIA, military intelligence and the MI5. In Bagram, he was subjected to systematic interrogations, during which he was shackled, and subjected to physical and psychological tortures such as a mock rape of his wife. He also witnessed two detainees being beaten to death. If the interrogators did not hear what they wanted, he was taken out of the interrogation room, beaten by someone other than the interrogators, and then taken back. He was held in solitary confinement during the initial 6 weeks, and later in communal cells “where detainees were treated like animals”. In Bagram, he was visited by the ICRC and could send letters to his family through them. After his release, he was sent back to the United Kingdom, but he did not have his passport until mid-2009. * Information contained is from an interview with interviewee and other credible sources. Case 7 - Biographic details Name of interviewee Mr. Abou Elkassim Britel* Nationality/country of origin Moroccan and Italian Gender Male Detention Date of initial detention 10 March 2002 Location of initial detention Lahore, Pakistan Grounds of initial detention His initial detention was on the grounds of immigration matters. The second period of detention was carried out on the ground of suspicion of his involvement in bombings in Casablanca. The authority(ies) involved in the detention First Period of Detention In Pakistan - Pakistani immigration officers, Pakistani officials and United States officials, including FBI agents. In Morocco - Moroccan officers (including the Moroccan secret service) and United States officials. Second Period of Detention In Morocco - he was detained by Moroccan officers, this time en route to Italy, and was again transferred into the hands of the Moroccan secret service agency, the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire. He was subsequently transferred to a public prison. He remains imprisoned in Ain Bourja prison Casablanca, Morocco. Total period of detention Two periods of detention: 1. Approximately one year (10 March 2002 to February 2003)