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UN Finds Rampant Torture of Afghan Detainees

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - A report by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the
   Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights finds torture,
   which is prohibited under international law, is widely practiced in
   Afghan prisons. The report covers the period from January 2019 through
   March 2020.

   The report is based on 656 interviews with men, women and children held
   in 63 detention facilities across Afghanistan. It finds about one-third
   of the inmates who were suspected, accused or convicted of security or
   terrorism-related offenses had been tortured or subjected to other
   forms of ill treatment.

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