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Rights Group: Kurds Torture Detainees - washingtonpost.com

Rights Group: Kurds Torture Detainees - washingtonpost.com: "NEW YORK -- Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq routinely torture detainees with methods including electric shock and hold them in overcrowded facilities without formal charges or access to legal aid, a human rights group said Tuesday."

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