: 328ĭocuments popularly known as the Torture Memos came to light a few years later.
: 328 This was disputed by humanitarian organizations including the Red Cross, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch these organizations stated that the abuses at Abu Ghraib were part of a wider pattern of torture and brutal treatment at American overseas detention centers, including those in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and at Guantanamo Bay. Bush administration claimed that the abuses at Abu Ghraib were isolated incidents and not indicative of U.S. The incidents caused shock and outrage, receiving widespread condemnation within the United States and internationally. The abuses came to public attention with the publication of photographs of the abuse by CBS News in April 2004. This image of a prisoner ( Ali Shallal al-Qaisi) being tortured has become internationally infamous, eventually making it onto the cover of The Economist (see ' Media coverage' below)ĭuring the early stages of the Iraq War, members of the United States Army and the CIA committed a series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, including physical and sexual abuse, torture, rape, sodomy, and the killing of Manadel al-Jamadi.