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In a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union institutions this week, this kind of torture suffered by Suleiman Abdullah, Tanzanian fishermen arrested in Somalia in 2003 on terrorism charges and was released in 2008 after the allegations were not proven.
In a report entitled 'Out of the Darkness', Suleiman said that in addition to receiving physical torture such as being beaten, doused with water ice, and hanged, he was also forced to listen to the songs of love and hard for five months of torture.
It happened in a secret CIA prison in northern Kabul, known as the Salt Pit or Cobalt.
Suleiman was forced to listen to Westlife song titled 'My Love' listed in their 2000 album 'Coast to Coast' for a month. The song was played alternately with heavy metal music that Suleiman did not know the title and who's playing it.
"Penginterogasi will play alternately sweet song titled 'My Love' and heavy metal, played with the volume deafening. The clerk said that the love song is special to Suleiman newly married Magida, two weeks before the CIA and agents of Kenya kidnap in Somalia, while he was fishing and trade in Swahili Sea, "said the report.
During the torture, he was forced to not sleep for days, starved and placed in a very narrow space. He was bombarded with questions about what he did in Somalia and called several names of people that he did not know.
After receiving a series of torture for four or five weeks, Suleiman could no longer and tried to commit suicide by drinking a lot of painkillers. Officers managed to prevent it and move it to the US military prison at Bagram two years later.
At the Bagram prison he was subjected to torture, but not as severe as in the Cobalt, and not have to listen anymore Westlife song.
In 2008, after more than five years in prison without any charges, Suleiman released. He returned to his hometown with the note "did not constitute a threat to the United States".
Former members of Westlife, Kian Egan, on Wednesday (14/10) in an interview at entertainment events at the station 2fm presented by Eoghan McDermott claimed to be advised if the Irish boyband song was used to torture prisoners.
"I'm glad it was not me who was tortured to listen My Love repeatedly. The song was very disturbing if it is repeated again," said Egan.
The use of music as an instrument of torture used long ago by the CIA. In 2005 there were reports that Human Rights Watch said the CIA uses the songs of Eminem and Dr. Dre. Last year, the Red Hot Chili Peppers songs used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo.
The entertainment news website TMZ, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith upset their songs used to torture prisoners.
"Our music is positive and should make the listener feel better. It made me angry," said Smith.
(cnnindonesia)
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