ElNono
10-10-2011, 03:57 PM
UN publishes Afghanistan prisoner 'torture' report
Prisoners in some Afghan-run detention facilities have been beaten and tortured, a UN report has said (http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1741&ctl=Details&mid=1882&ItemID=15279).
It says detainees in 47 facilities in 24 provinces run by the Afghan Directorate of Security and National Police have suffered abuses.
The allegations contained in the report were first revealed by the BBC in September.
At that time the government denied torture claims and said the report was politically motivated.
The published report says prisoners were mostly subjected to interrogation techniques that constituted torture under international and Afghan law.
But the UN made clear that the mistreatment was not the result of government policy.
Based on interviews with 379 prisoners, the report said that many inmates appeared to display visible signs of injuries and marks which suggested that they had been badly beaten or abused.
The intelligence service is also accused of systematically practising torture at a number of its facilities to extract confessions from prisoners suspected of having links to the Taliban or other militant groups.
Children as young as 14 were among those being held and subjected to torture.
Read More (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15242857)
Prisoners in some Afghan-run detention facilities have been beaten and tortured, a UN report has said (http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1741&ctl=Details&mid=1882&ItemID=15279).
It says detainees in 47 facilities in 24 provinces run by the Afghan Directorate of Security and National Police have suffered abuses.
The allegations contained in the report were first revealed by the BBC in September.
At that time the government denied torture claims and said the report was politically motivated.
The published report says prisoners were mostly subjected to interrogation techniques that constituted torture under international and Afghan law.
But the UN made clear that the mistreatment was not the result of government policy.
Based on interviews with 379 prisoners, the report said that many inmates appeared to display visible signs of injuries and marks which suggested that they had been badly beaten or abused.
The intelligence service is also accused of systematically practising torture at a number of its facilities to extract confessions from prisoners suspected of having links to the Taliban or other militant groups.
Children as young as 14 were among those being held and subjected to torture.
Read More (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15242857)