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9/11 suspect deemed unfit to stand trial after Guantanamo Bay ‘torture’

A man accused of helping to organise the 9/11 terrorist attacks has been deemed unfit to stand trial after CIA ‘torture.’ Ramzi bin al-Shibh is being held at Guantanamo Bay

A judge has ruled one of the alleged organisers of the 9/11 attacks will not stand trial in the US because of his mental state caused by torture.

Ramzi bin al-Shibh, 51, is being held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, where he was subjected to torture while in the custody of the CIA. Colonel Matthew McCall upheld a recommendation by a panel that deemed al-Shibh is incompetent to take part in the proceedings against him.

The New York Times reports that al-Shibh is now “delusional and psychotic.” The report by the medical panel said he would be “unable to understand the nature of the proceedings against him or cooperate intelligently” if he stood trial.

He was subjected to solitary confinement, being forced to stand sleepless for as long as three days at a time, being naked except for a diaper and doused with cold water in air-conditioned rooms.

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