Torture Still Routine in Iraqi Jails, Report Says

[Infohawk]

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By Gideon Long

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities routinely torture prisoners, a leading human rights group said Tuesday, citing examples of abuse which will sound all too familiar to those who suffered under Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).

Prisoners have been beaten with cables and hosepipes, and suffered electric shocks to their earlobes and genitals, the U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch said. Some have been starved of food and water and crammed into standing-room only cells.

"The people of Iraq (news - web sites) were promised something better than this after the government of Saddam Hussein fell," said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of the group's Middle East and North Africa division.

"The Iraqi interim government is not keeping its promises to honor and respect basic human rights. Sadly, the Iraqi people continue to suffer from a government that acts with impunity in its treatment of detainees."

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[Infohawk]

Is this on the to-do list war supporters? Or is it maybe that humanitarian concerns only cropped up when it became obvious there were no wmds?

 

[Infohawk]

I guess this isn't big news anymore since it happens so often?

 

[Gaard]

They had good teachers.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Curious how many leave the prisons now in a box with extra orifice(s) vs 2 year ago.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Curious how many leave the prisons now in a box with extra orifice(s) vs 2 year ago.

huh?

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Infohawk

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Curious how many leave the prisons now in a box with extra orifice(s) vs 2 year ago.

huh?

does he mean bullet wounds?