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Last updated: 6 november, 2009 - 18:09 GMT

Solitary confinement

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Iraq's oil minister Hussain Al-Shahristani was imprisoned in Abu Ghraib prison under Saddam Hussein.

This nuclear scientist spoke to The Interview in February 2008, where he told presenter Owen Bennett-Jones how he suffered torture and a decade in solitary confinement.

His interview inspired Swiss filmmaker, Mato Atom to help create a new campaign for BBC World Service. Watch the promotion above.

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