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Friday, December 17, 2010

WikiLeaks: India accused of widespread torture

WikiLeaks: India accused of widespread torture - World news - South and Central Asia - msnbc.com:
NEW DELHI— Indian security forces fighting a 20-year insurgency in Kashmir beat suspects, used electricity on them and tortured them with water, the Red Cross told U.S. officials according to a leaked diplomatic cable.
Sadly, it's probably going to be harder to identify nations where torture is not practiced than to identify all the ones where it is.