Amnesty attacks 'dire' Iraq abuse

The treatment of guilty or innocent prisoners creates more terrorists and is counterproductive.
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Amnesty attacks 'dire' Iraq abuse
Prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail in October 2005

Thousands of detainees held in Iraq are still being denied basic human rights with reports of torture rife, Amnesty International has said.

It said its interviews with ex-inmates across Iraq had shown the lessons of the Abu Ghraib jail scandal appeared to have been ignored.

The US and UK insist prisoners are treated to international standards.

Iraq's acting human rights minister admitted abuse was continuing but that the government was trying to curb it.

Amnesty says in its 48-page report that thousands of Iraqis are being held without charge or trial.

More than 200 detainees have been imprisoned for more than two years and nearly 4,000 for longer than a year, it reports.

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