Pradhan, Alka - short clip - 120DaysRestrained

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-	So this is the one about prolonged restraining.	0:03
	This is the one about how he was handcuffed	0:08
	for 120 days straight.	0:13
	And when he had to be moved from one black site to another,	0:17
	they had to cut the handcuffs by bolt cutter.	0:20
	Because they were so rusted	0:24
	that they wouldn't open with keys.	0:25
	And he actually goes on to talk about how,	0:27
	because he had both his hands tied together,	0:31
	he says, during that time, half of my body,	0:33
	either the left side or the right,	0:35
	would go numb, because I couldn't move my arms away	0:37
	from each other.	0:42
	Until this day, I am suffering from this symptom,	0:43
	along with multiple neurological pains all over my body,	0:46
	as the handcuffs and restraints are still being used	0:51
	on me daily.	0:54
	And this is true.	0:55
	He's still, you know.	0:56
Interviewer	Why would they still be used on him?	0:57
-	Oh, when they, at Guantanamo, anytime they're moved,	0:58
	they are handcuffed and restrained.	1:02
	In the courtroom, when he sits in the courtroom with us,	1:04
	he has a a leg restraint on at all times.	1:07
	Now they have two guards for each detainee	1:11
	standing right next to the table,	1:13
	but he is restrained at all times.	1:15
	When we meet with him, he is restrained.	1:18
	When they move them from, you know,	1:22
	wherever their cells are to the meeting rooms	1:25
	or to the courtroom, they are handcuffed and restrained.	1:27
	And, I think, there's some sensory deprivation as well.	1:32

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Title:

Pradhan, Alka - short clip - 120DaysRestrained

Date:

May 2, 2017

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Pradhan, Alka

Role:

Detainee Attorney

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Detainee Attorney (representing Ammar Al Baluchi)
Alka Pradhan, female, age 35, is the Human Rights Counsel for the Guantanamo Bay Military Commission of the Department of Defense, and was also Counsel for The Constitution Project's Task-Force on Detainee Treatment, co-authoring a comprehensive report on U.S. detention practices since 2001.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:

United States

Format:

oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

2:20:30

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Witness to Guantanamo

Source Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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