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Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-Run Prisons in Iraq
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004
by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2004, page 26
Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-run Prisons in Iraq
Filed under:
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Military Prisons.
Location:
Iraq.
by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke
American legal investigators have discovered evidence of abuse, torture and rape throughout the US-run prison system in Iraq. A Michigan legal team meeting with former detainees in Baghdad during an August, 2004, fact-finding mission gathered ...
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