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"Routine torture, including electric shocks and sexual abuse, was inflicted on detainees held in a secret prison in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch says.
The group's findings are based on interviews with more than 40 people, including a British man who said Iraqi army interrogators were responsible.
Human Rights Watch says the men's stories are credible and consistent.....
More than 400 prisoners were said to have been held at the secret detention centre at an airbase in Baghdad.
One of the prisoners, a 68-year-old man with dual British and Iraqi citizenship, said he had been harshly beaten, sodomised and had electric current passed through his genitals.
Human Rights Watch said he and his fellow detainees were accused of aiding and abetting terrorism, though no-one was officially charged.
The BBC has spoken to a number of other men who were released from the same detention centre and they tell similar stories.
"The torture started when they put plastic bags over our heads. Then they tortured us with electric shocks after pouring water over our bodies," one man said......"
The group's findings are based on interviews with more than 40 people, including a British man who said Iraqi army interrogators were responsible.
Human Rights Watch says the men's stories are credible and consistent.....
More than 400 prisoners were said to have been held at the secret detention centre at an airbase in Baghdad.
One of the prisoners, a 68-year-old man with dual British and Iraqi citizenship, said he had been harshly beaten, sodomised and had electric current passed through his genitals.
Human Rights Watch said he and his fellow detainees were accused of aiding and abetting terrorism, though no-one was officially charged.
The BBC has spoken to a number of other men who were released from the same detention centre and they tell similar stories.
"The torture started when they put plastic bags over our heads. Then they tortured us with electric shocks after pouring water over our bodies," one man said......"
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