SHEDDING A LIGHT ON CIA SECRET DETENTION CENTERS Gina Haspel and others Context Monitoring procedure (preliminary examination) in Germany regarding torture and other crimes committed by US officials in CIA detention centers and other US overseas detention centers Suspects Gina Haspel, CIA Director since May 2018, and other US officials Country of residence of suspects United States of America Charges Torture, other related crimes Developments in 2018 The US Senate confirmed on 17 May 2018 the nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA Director. In September 2018, the criminal complaint filed against Gina Haspel was joined by Abd al-Rahim alNashiri, who is currently detained at Guantánamo and who was tortured at the CIA “black site” in Thailand during the period that Gina Haspel is said to have served as Chief of Base at the prison. Current status Monitoring procedure examination) (preliminary Facts The CIA is accused of having planned, developed and exercised torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment in its response to international terrorism since 2001. The CIA and the US armed forces allegedly arrested suspects in different locations worldwide, and brought them to US detention facilities located outside mainland US territory or rendered them to other states. As part of the detention and interrogation program, US officials reportedly tortured detainees in these various detention centers. Procedure On 9 December 2014, the German federal public prosecutor opened a monitoring procedure in response to the publication of the executive summary of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA detention and interrogation program, and the criminal complaint filed by ECCHR on 17 December 2014. The monitoring procedure is still underway. ECCHR submitted further information on 28 July 2015 regarding witnesses and suspects with respect to CIA torture, and on 28 June 2016 with respect to torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. On 6 June 2017, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) submitted to the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor evidence regarding Gina Haspel’s role in the torture of detainees in a secret CIA detention center in Thailand in 2002. A follow-up submission was filed by ECCHR on 10 September 2018 with new information that had come to light after Gina Haspel was nominated as CIA Director. 54 The complaint was also joined by Guantánamo detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who was tortured at the CIA “black site” in Thailand during the period in which Gina Haspel is reported to have served as Chief of Base at the prison. Read more about the case