Amnesty Says Iraq Prison Abuses Continue
Even in the wake of Abu Ghraib, reports of torture in American-run Iraqi prisons continue to "pour out of Iraq," according to Amnesty International.BBC
: Amnesty International has said that thousands of detainees held by the multinational forces in Iraq are still being denied their basic rights.
The group said the lessons of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal appeared to have been ignored and reports of torture continued to “pour out of Iraq”.
It said it based its findings on interviews with former inmates.
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