Ten years ago, on the evening of March 28, 2002, the Bush administration officially embarked on its “high-value detainee” program in the “war on terror” that had been declared in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, when Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (more commonly identified as Abu Zubaydah), was captured in a house raid in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

On Saturday, outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, I will be speaking at an event marking the ninth anniversary of the disappearance in Pakistan of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, who mysteriously reappeared in Afghanistan in August 2008.

Andy Worthington on new revelations about 20 secret prisons in Afghanistan, including the notorious Tor Jail at Bagram.

Andy Worthington on attempts to hold the US accountable for rendition and torture in Africa, via a prison in Djibouti.

Andy Worthington on what lies behind the plea deal of Guantanamo prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed in his Military Commission trial.

Cageprisoners' Patron Victoria Brittain reports on compelling new evidence in the case of Aafia Siddiqui.

Andy Worthington on Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's life sentence, and why it should lead to further Guantanamo trials in federal court.

Abu Zubaydah’s name has become infamous in the War on Terror. He is designated as a high value detainee (HVD) and his capture in 2002 was pushed by the then US president George W. Bush as a great success.

Andy Worthington asks why evidence of torture in secret CIA prisons was excluded from a recent habeas corpus petition.

Andy Worthington responds to the bleak news of Aafia Siddiqui's monstrous 86-year prison sentence in New York.

As Colonel Gaddafi marks 41 years in power, Andy Worthington reports on the release of a former Guantanamo prisoner and three former CIA "ghost prisoners," but notes that others are still held.

Andy Worthington asks: Could war crimes charges in Poland trigger full exposure of the CIA's secret prison programme?

New revelations from Poland unearth more than was previously known about the secret CIA prisons in Poland and Romania. Andy Worthington reports.

In Congressional testimony, Jay Bybee, who approved US torture memos, accuses the CIA of using unauthorized torture methods. Prosecutions, anyone?