Yunis Khatayer Abbas

Yunis Khatayer Abbas is an Iraqi journalist who is most famous for being the subject of the 2007 documentary "". [cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/02/abughraib200702|title=My Prisoner, My Brother|last=Tucker|first=Michael|date=2007-02-20|publisher=Vanity Fair|accessdate=2008-06-11]

In 1998 he was imprisoned and tortured for writings he had made as a journalist under Saddam Hussein.

Five years later in 2003 he was detained by United States troops and later imprisoned at Abu Ghraib prison for several months. Although innocent he was suspected of plotting to assassinate then British prime minister Tony Blair along with his two brothers. During his time at Abu Ghraib he assisted American prison guards in basic translation to helping quell protests and riots; he was later released in 2004.

ee also

*Human rights in post-Saddam Iraq
*Iraq War
*Human rights violations in Iraq

External links

* [http://www.theprisoner.us/2007/02/the_prisoner_or_how_i_planned.html Website for "The Prisoner"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE8W4MpDHOQ Trailer of "The Prisoner"] - YouTube

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