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2016 CIA torture slideshow
Ridha al-Najjar and Lotfi El Gherissi both said US interrogators threatened them with an electric chair. Al-Najjar suggested revisions to an earlier illustration of the chair; El Gherissi said the final illustration was an accurate depiction. © 2016 John R. Holmes for Human Rights Watch
Ridha al-Najjar and Lotfi El Gherissi both described being subjected to various forms of water torture. Each said this illustration accurately depicted their treatment. © 2016 John R. Holmes for Human Rights Watch
Ridha al-Najjar and Lotfi El Gherissi said that the US interrogators beat them with their batons all over their bodies as they were suspended from the ceilings of their cells. Each said this illustration accurately depicted their treatment. © 2016 John R. Holmes pour Human Rights Watch
Ridha al-Najjar and Lotfi El Gherissi both described being chained to a rod in the ceilings of their cells for repeated 24-hour periods. Each said this illustration accurately depicted their treatment. © 2016 John R. Holmes for Human Rights Watch