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Torture is rampant in Iraqi detention centres and in the widespread sectarian killings seen across the country, the United Nations (UN) has reported.

“Detainees’ bodies show signs of beating using electrical cables, wounds in different parts of their bodies including in the head and genitals, broken bones of legs and hands, electric and cigarette burns,” the human rights office of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq said in a new report.

Bodies found in the Baghdad morgue “often bear signs of severe torture including acid-induced injuries and burns caused by chemical substances, missing skin, broken bones [of the] back, hands and legs, missing eyes, missing teeth and wounds caused by power drills or nails,” the report said.

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