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Torture Reported in Second Iraqi-Run Prison

HeadlineDec 12, 2005

In Iraq, a second secret Iraqi-run prison has been uncovered where prisoners are being severely tortured. Last week Iraqi officials visited a Baghdad prison run by the Interior Ministry and found 13 prisoners abused so badly that they required immediate medical treatment. Iraqi officials said the prisoners were subjected to electric shock, breaking of bones, extraction of fingernails and cigarette burns to the neck and back. This is the second Interior Ministry prison uncovered in the past month where Sunni Arab prisoners were being tortured. Sunni political leaders claim that torture is also occurring at other Interior Ministry prisons.

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