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Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghan Custody

Categories: Afghanistan,Civil/Human Rights,Crime/Justice,Headlines,United Nations

http://unama.unmissions.org/Portals/UNAMA/Documents/October10_%202011_UNAMA_Detention_Full-Report_ENG.pdf

Charges that 46% of the 273 detainees interviewed had suffered interrogation techniques that constituted torture at the hands of Afghan officials.  The detainees were suspected of being allied with the Taliban.  From the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights