A 2003 US military operating manual for Guantanamo prison camp was leaked onto the internet earlier this week. In one section, the manual states that detainees should be denied access to visitors from the International Committee of the Red Cross, and that new prisoners should be initiated into the camp by being held in isolation for their first two weeks. You can download the full pdf of the manual here.

The 238-page manual gives precise instructions for guards on handling prisoners and running the camp.

The US military said the manual seemed authentic but was out of date and should not have been publicly released.

About 340 prisoners are still held at Guantanamo, which was opened in 2002 to detain people suspected of terrorism or links to al-Qaeda or the Taliban.

Allegations of abuse at the camp have been lodged by detainees, their lawyers and human rights groups.

Calls from both within the US and around the world to close the camp have gone unanswered.

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