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Published: 31/01/2007 12:00 AM (UAE) Torture is 'routine' in Jordan - UN investigator Reuters Geneva: A UN human rights investigator said yesterday torture is both widespread and routine in Jordan, especially to extract confessions from terrorism suspects, while security forces enjoy total impunity. Manfred Nowak, United Nations special rapporteur for torture, called on the Jordanian government to investigate and prosecute all allegations of torture and ill-treatment and also make changes to domestic laws. Torture is punished by a maximum prison term of three years, but no Jordanian official has been prosecuted for the crime, according to his 38-page report. "The practice of torture is widespread in Jordan, and in some places routine, namely the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), the Public Security Directorate's Criminal Investigation Department, as well as Al Jafr Correction and Rehabilitation Centre," Nowak said in the report. He was referring to Jordan's two top security prisons, which he said were often cited as the "two most notorious torture centres in Jordan", and to a desert facility in the south. Nowak, who held private interviews with 40 detainees in Jordan and talks with several ministers, accused authorities of denying him the right to speak to inmates at the GID and of attempting to obstruct his work and "hide evidence" at the CID. However, he cited consistent and credible allegations that torture was used at GID headquarters "to extract confessions and obtain intelligence in pursuit of counter-terrorism and national security objectives" and at CID headquarters, also in Amman, to extract confessions in routine criminal investigations. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
