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57 Iraqi officials charged over prisoner abuse
 Iraqs Interior Ministry has charged 57 employees, including a police general, with human rights abuses over the alleged torture of hundreds of detainees at a prison in eastern Baghdad, a ministry spokesman said Tuesday. Police Brig. Abdel-Karim Khalaf said the charges marked the first time officers in Iraqs post-occupation police force had been charged with the crime of torture. The names of the accused were being withheld pending their trials, but Khalaf said the general had already received administrative punishments under the forces guidelines. Others charged included 19 officers, 20 noncommissioned officers and 17 patrolmen or civilian employees of the ministry, he said. All have been removed from their jobs, Khalaf said. Posted by: Fred 2006-11-08 |
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