U.N. demands release of Guantánamo prisoner tortured by C.I.A.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the immediate release of Abu Zubaydah, a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay who was the first detainee waterboarded by the CIA after the 9/11 attacks. The group also found a pattern of potential crimes against humanity in other cases at Guantánamo over the past 15 years. Abu Zubaydah has been held without charges since 2006 and has been denied a meaningful review of his detention. He was tortured by the CIA in a secret prison in Thailand. The US has argued that he helped jihadists reach Afghanistan for training before the 9/11 attacks.