Torture Continues In Iraqi Prisons - Amnesty International Report

Accounts of torture collected over the years include "rape and threat of rape, beatings with cables and hosepipes, electric shocks, suspension by the limbs, piercing the body with drills, asphyxiation with plastic bags, removal of toenails with pliers, and breaking of limbs," Amnesty said on 8th February.
Children, women and men have all suffered these abuses, it added. "Since 2004, suspects held in Iraqi custody have been systematically tortured and dozens of detainees have died as a result."
Amnesty noted that in its 2009 report, the Iraqi Human Rights Ministry had recorded 509 allegations of torture by Iraqi security forces, but said that number was "a gross underestimate of the scale of the abuse."
Amnesty said that US forces had handed over tens of thousands of prisoners to Iraqi custody between early 2009 and July 2010 without any guarantees that they will be protected. Report Here.