Iraq's Secret Prisons And Torture Chambers Are Making A Comeback

"Medium security" observation towers and barbed wire fencing at Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad in 2004. Handout/AFP/Getty Images

Detainees Tortured By Iraqi Government In 'Secret' Prison -- The Telegraph

Hundreds of detainees rounded up in a security sweep by the Iraqi government were tortured and sexually humiliated, according to a report which threatens new harm to the reputation of the prime minister.

The men, from the north of the country and mostly Sunnis, were accused of being terrorists sympathetic to either al-Qaeda or the Ba'athist regime of former leader Saddam Hussein.

According to the report by Human Rights Watch, which interviewed 42 of 431 detainees who were being held at a secret prison when it was shut down this month, inmates were hung upside down by their feet and beaten until they passed out.

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More News On Iraq's Secret Prisons

Iraqis tortured at secret Baghdad prison, says watchdog -- The Guardian
Sunnis describe torture by Iraqi guards at secret Baghdad prison -- Sydney morning Herald
Secret Iraqi government prison was 'worse than Abu Ghraib' -- The Independent
Rights Group Reports Abuses In Secret Iraq Prisons -- NPR
Human Rights Watch: Torture 'Routine' at Secret Iraqi Detention Facility -- Voice of America
Iraqi detainees were 'tortured in secret prison' -- AFP
'Torture' at secret Iraq jail in Baghdad -- BBC
Report Details Torture at Secret Baghdad Prison -- New York Times