AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHARGES IRAQ WITH USE OF TORTURE

IN A REPORT published earlier this month; Amnesty International claims that Iraqi use of torture is widespread. It bases its findings on interviews with former detainees and witnesses, and concludes that the use of torture on political prisoners has led to death under interrogation in a number of instances. The London-based human rights organisation only deals specifically with torture in this report, but on a number of occasions in the past has drawn attention to what it claims is a major increase in recent years of executions.