Torture Worse In Iraq Now Than Under Saddam...

Associated Press Eliane Engeler September 21, 2006 at 10:22 PM
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Torture in Iraq may be worse now than it was underSaddam Hussein, with militias, terrorist groups and government forces disregarding rules on the humane treatment of prisoners, the U.N. anti-torture chief said Thursday.

Manfred Nowak, the U.N. special investigator on torture, made the remarks as he was presenting a report on detainee conditions at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay as well as to brief the U.N. Human Rights Council, the global body's top rights watchdog, on torture worldwide.

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