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Dept. of Defense, Investigation into FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantánamo Bay,
Cuba Detention Facility, Army Regulation 15-6: Final Report (1 April 2005; amended
9 June 2005; published 14 July 2005); also: “What were the measures most difficult to cope with
in your view? - Sleep deprivation. They were forcing us to change the cells, the boxes we were
held in, for every 15 minutes. And that was going on for three to four months. Every 15 minutes
we were supposed to change. No sleep, nothing. So sleep deprivation.” Interview with
Airat Vakhitov on 18 November 2005 in London.
60
Cases of Moazzam Begg, Rustam Akhmiarov, Airat Vakhitov - interviews
of 18 November 2005.
61
Resolution 1433 of 26 April 2005, para. 7 ii.
62
Opinions of the Lords of Appeal for Judgement in the case A (FC) and others (FC)
(Appellants) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) of 8 December 2005.
Session 2005-06- UKHL 71, para. 126.
63
“The ICRC feels that interrogators have too much control over the basic needs of detainees.
That the interrogators attempt to control the detainees through use of isolation. Mr. Cassard
stated that the interrogators have total control of the level of isolation in which the detainees
were kept; the level of comfort items detainees can receive; and also the access of basic needs
to the detainees.” DoD, ICRC Meeting with M.G. Miller on 09 OCT 03, memo from
JTG GTMO-SJA to Record (9 October 2003).
64
Ibid.
65
“Check into lowering the lights at night to help with sleeping.” DoD, General observations
and meeting notes in memo from Staff Judge Advocate to Commander Joint Task Force 160,
Initial observations from ICRC concerning treatment of detainees (21 January 2002).
66
“Detainees feel some rules, i.e. no talking, cause higher stress, and feel talking would help to
release stress.” DoD, General observations and meeting notes in memo from Staff Judge
Advocate to Commander Joint Task Force 160, Initial observations from ICRC concerning
treatment of detainees (21 January 2002). See also: “The detainees request that the ‘no talking
rule’ be lifted. 22 January 2002: Approved in part as of that date. Detainees may carry on
normal conversations.” DoD, memo from Staff Judge Advocate to file, Concerns voiced by the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on behalf of the detainees (24 January 2002).
67
See also Chapter IV of this report.
68
See also Chapter V (1) of this report.
69
“The ICRC concern is that the caged cells plus the maximum-security regime exerts too much
pressure on detainees.” DoD, ICRC Meeting with M.G. Miller on 09 OCT 03, memo from
JTG GTMO-SJA to Record (9 October 2003); see also: “Mr. Cassard continued with his report