BRIEF: ‘Ghost Prisoners’ Disappear After Release from CIA Secret Jails

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least 30 prisoners, who were purportedly released from CIA custody following President Bush’s statement on Sept. 6, 2006 that announced the temporary suspensions of activities in secret prisons around the world, cannot be accounted for.  The CIA has taken up its controversial extraordinary rendition program since Bush's temporary intervention.

Most of these ‘ghost prisoners’ were captured in Pakistan and transported to secret overseas locations maintained by the CIA for interrogation and detention purposes.

For more information, please see:

The Washington Post – From CIA Jails, Inmates Fade into Obscurity – 27 October 2007

Human Rights Watch – List of ‘Ghost Prisoners’ Possibly in CIA Custody

ABC News – CIA’s ‘Ghost Prisoners’ Spark Rights Concerns – 28 January 2005