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used the same CIA rendition transportation procedures that were used before. 232 He was
then taken to the next location either by helicopter or plane or both, he could not remem-
ber. He did not know who else was on the flight with him. They arrived at night, which he
could tell because they took off his hood and blindfold.
In this location they seemed to be making a lot of effort to get him to think he was no
longer in Afghanistan. They brought in different kinds of non-Afghan food in cans. He told
Human Rights Watch, “I find it very strange that the Americans were so intent on obscuring
the fact that I was in Afghanistan. In the second place they tried to change the entire set up
and I don’t know if it was just for me or for everyone else but they even tried to change the
food, they gave me canned food, to try and obscure the fact that I was in Afghanistan.”
Nevertheless, Di’iki said he could tell he was still in Afghanistan by the guards, who on one
or two occasions accidentally spoke to him in Dari. His cell was bigger than it was in the
other location, though still about 2 x 2 meters, but unlike the first location there was not a
lot of distance between each cell. The structure was more like a building and was much
bigger and newer. The first place was much simpler, less polished, and seemed to be an
older facility, made out of mud, bricks, and stones.
His cell in the second facility was gray, including painted concrete floors that had a lacquer
finish. His cell had two doors, one in front of the other. His feet were shackled the entire
three to four months he was there, but not to the wall, so he was able to walk around.
Occasionally, his hands were cuffed as well. There was a camera in his cell in this second
location. In the middle of the room there was a hole connected to a sewage line so his
whole cell smelled every time a toilet flushed. There was loud music playing constantly,
but it seemed to be mostly outside his cell, not inside. They also played other sounds, like
the sound of water dripping or the sound of an electric shock. They would use the loud
electric shock sound sometimes to wake the detainees up.
For his first few weeks in the new facility he was kept naked. They gave him just one
blanket that was very rough. He described it as being “like from World War II. When I tried
to use it, it was so prickly, it was like getting acupuncture.” There was no mattress.
232 See text box, “CIA Rendition Transportation Procedures,” (above).
73 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | SEPTEMBER 2012