30,000 Iraqis held without trial and at risk of torture

A NEW report by Amnesty International estimates that 30,000 people are being held without trial in Iraq and are at risk of torture.

The methods of torture include beating with cables and hose pipes, prolonged suspension by the limbs, electric shocks to sensitive parts of the body, breaking of limbs and the removal of finger and toenails.

Several detainees have died in custody, apparently as a result of torture or other ill-treatment by Iraqi interrogators and prison guards.