Human Rights Watch: Iraq getting worse
Frederik Pleitgen, CNN
Updated 11:32 AM EST,
Sun January 22, 2012
Human rights in Iraq condemned
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: The government denies there are secret prisons and condemns the report
Iraq has a secret prison where detainees are tortured, the group alleges
Human Rights Watch also says security forces have killed peaceful protesters
Women and journalists are not being protected, the group says
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The human rights situation in Iraq is worse now than it was a year ago, the campaign group Human Rights Watch argues in a new report out Sunday, warning that people are being tortured with impunity in secret prisons.
The group says it uncovered a secret prison where detainees were beaten, hung upside down and given electric shocks to sensitive parts of their bodies. Human Rights Watch based its claims on the testimony of detainees themselves.
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