Iraq Torture, detention without trial still dog Iraq

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Source: AFP

WASHINGTON - Widespread torture, detention without trial of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of others continue in Iraq, despite security gains by US and Iraqi forces, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

“Reports of widespread torture and other abuse of detainees in detention facilities run by Iraq’s defence and interior ministries and police continue to emerge,” it said, including the sexual abuse of juveniles.

“Human rights conditions in Iraq remain extremely poor,” the watchdog said in its 2008 annual review of human rights in the country, nearly six years after the US-led coalition invaded Iraq and toppled president Saddam Hussein—for years a target of human rights criticism.

The rights body said the Iraqi government, characterised by its narrow base of support along sectarian lines, is struggling to handle more than 24,000 detainees, many who have spent years in custody without charge, and others being tortured.

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