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The US government has agreed to pay $300,000 to an Egyptian man who sued after he was detained in Brooklyn for nearly a year following the September 11th attacks. Ehab Elmaghraby has since been deported, but was found not to be linked to terrorism.
The former restaurant worker says he was allegedly shackled, shoved into walls, punched and called a terrorist at the facility. He eventually was cleared of terrorist ties but was deported to his homeland after pleading guilty to credit card fraud. The Department of Justice has not commented on the settlement.
According to the lawsuit filed by Elmaghraby, he was shackled, beaten by prison guards, threatened with death, repeatedly stripped search and deprived of other basic human rights. The government has reportedly videotaped some of abuse endured by the prisoners detained in the New York facility. The government has not agreed to release the video tapes to the public. (Mar-01-06) [DEMOCRACY NOW]
The former restaurant worker says he was allegedly shackled, shoved into walls, punched and called a terrorist at the facility. He eventually was cleared of terrorist ties but was deported to his homeland after pleading guilty to credit card fraud. The Department of Justice has not commented on the settlement.
According to the lawsuit filed by Elmaghraby, he was shackled, beaten by prison guards, threatened with death, repeatedly stripped search and deprived of other basic human rights. The government has reportedly videotaped some of abuse endured by the prisoners detained in the New York facility. The government has not agreed to release the video tapes to the public. (Mar-01-06) [DEMOCRACY NOW]
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