Richard Tafoya
Sep 24th, 2006, 01:55 PM
Reuters:
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Torture is rampant in Iraqi prisons and police detention centers, and may be worse than under Saddam Hussein's rule, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Thursday .
"The situation as far as torture is concerned in Iraq is now completely out of hand," Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture and cruelty, told reporters in Geneva.
"The situation is so bad that many people say that it is worse than in the times of Saddam Hussein," he said.
The U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq on Wednesday urged the Iraqi government to invite Nowak to come and look into allegations of torture in prisons run by the U.S.-led multinational force as well as by the Interior and Defense ministries and by militias.
Bodies found in the Baghdad morgue "often bear signs of severe torture including acid-induced injuries and burns caused by chemical substances, missing skin, broken bones -- back, hands and legs -- missing eyes, missing teeth and wounds caused by power drills or nails," the mission said.
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Torture is rampant in Iraqi prisons and police detention centers, and may be worse than under Saddam Hussein's rule, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Thursday .
"The situation as far as torture is concerned in Iraq is now completely out of hand," Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture and cruelty, told reporters in Geneva.
"The situation is so bad that many people say that it is worse than in the times of Saddam Hussein," he said.
The U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq on Wednesday urged the Iraqi government to invite Nowak to come and look into allegations of torture in prisons run by the U.S.-led multinational force as well as by the Interior and Defense ministries and by militias.
Bodies found in the Baghdad morgue "often bear signs of severe torture including acid-induced injuries and burns caused by chemical substances, missing skin, broken bones -- back, hands and legs -- missing eyes, missing teeth and wounds caused by power drills or nails," the mission said.