UN Inspector Demands Access to Afghan Prisons
Reuters
KABUL (August 22, 2004) -- A UN human rights expert criticized US military authorities in Afghanistan on Saturday for barring him from visiting detention centers, and he described one Kabul prison he did visit as "inhuman." The lack of transparency "raises serious concerns about the legality of detention and conditions of those detainees," M. Cherif Bassiouni said. Former prisoners have said they were tortured and abused while in US custody in Afghanistan.
http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=86422:740526
KABUL (August 22, 2004) -- A UN human rights expert criticized US military authorities in Afghanistan on Saturday for barring him from visiting detention centers, and he described one Kabul prison he did visit as "inhuman." The lack of transparency "raises serious concerns about the legality of detention and conditions of those detainees," M. Cherif Bassiouni said. Former prisoners have said they were tortured and abused while in US custody in Afghanistan.
http://mailhost.groundspring.org/cgi-bin/t.pl?id=86422:740526
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