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November 5, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1104/p06s02-wome.html

Iraq's Secret Prisons

(Christian Science Monitor) Michael Theodoulou - It is feared that thousands of Iraqis are being held in secret prisons, making a mockery of Saddam Hussein's promise of a "comprehensive amnesty" for all prisoners. Amnesty International last week said that there were "worrying reports" of dozens of secret prisons in Iraq, possibly as many as 70. Dissidents say there may be few genuine political prisoners left in Iraqi jails, suspecting that those seriously opposed to Saddam have been executed.

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