human rights

The Forever Prisoner is an HBO Max documentary about Abu Zubaydah, the first 'high-value detainee' subjected to the CIA's enhanced interrogation program after 9/11, still held at Guantánamo without charge.

Jens Söring was convicted in 1986 of murdering the parents of an American judge in Virginia. The validity of his conviction was subsequently called into serious doubt. After 33 years in an American prison, he was released and deported to Germany in 2019.

Magnus Gäfgen kidnapped and killed 11-year-old Jakob von Metzler in Frankfurt in September 2002. The case drew international attention after police threatened Gäfgen with torture during interrogation in an attempt to locate the boy. It sparked a lasting legal and ethical debate about torture, police conduct, and the rule of law.

When the United States opened Guantánamo Bay detention camp in 2002, it became the site of documented torture affecting approximately 780 men and boys from 48 countries. Over two decades later, verified interrogation techniques including waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and sexual assault remain central to understanding post-9/11 American detention practices.