Mauritania: 'Chains Are Jewellery for Men'

3 December 2008

Dakar — Mauritania's security forces are again accused of routine and systematic torture of political opponents and Islamists accused of links with international terrorist groups. A report released by Amnesty International today details cruel violations of human rights, poor prison conditions and a judicial system that offers little protection.

One detainee -- accused of membership of a terrorist organisation -- told a visiting Amnesty International delegation in February this year how security officers tortured him into coma.

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