All Afghan detainees likely tortured, troops in Afghanistan were complicit in torture: diplomat
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/20/canada-allegations-complicit-torture-afghanistan
Canadian diplomat alleges troops in Afghanistan were complicit in
torture --Senior diplomat formerly stationed in Kabul claims troops
'handed over for severe torture a lot of innocent people'
20 Nov 2009 The Canadian government was fending off calls for a
public inquiry on torture today after allegations from one of its
senior diplomats that Canada was complicit in the torture of Afghan
detainees. Richard Colvin, who was second in command at Canada's Kabul
embassy in 2006 and 2007, said that Afghans swept up in security
sweeps by Canadian troops during that time were routinely handed over
to the Afghan intelligence services. "According to our information,
the likelihood is that all the Afghans we handed over were tortured,"
Colvin told Canada's parliament. "For interrogators in Kandahar, it
was standard operating procedure. "In other words, we detained, and
handed over for severe torture, a lot of innocent people."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/11/18/diplomat-afghan-detainees.html
All Afghan detainees likely tortured: diplomat
18 Nov 2009 All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons
were likely tortured by Afghan officials and many of the prisoners
were innocent, says a former senior diplomat with Canada's mission in
Afghanistan. Appearing before a House of Commons committee Wednesday,
Richard Colvin blasted the detainees policies of Canada and compared
them with the policies of the British and the Netherlands. The
detainees were captured by Canadian soldiers then handed over to the
Afghan intelligence service, called the NDS. "According to our
information, the likelihood is that all the Afghans we handed over
were tortured. For interrogators in Kandahar, it was a standard
operating procedure," Colvin said. He said the most common forms of
torture were beatings, whipping with power cables, the use of
electricity, knives, open flames and rape.
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