BBC: Shocking conditions inside Baghdad's Rusafa Prison (the 'new era' of Iraqi human rights?)

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BBC: Shocking conditions inside Baghdad's Rusafa Prison (the 'new era' of Iraqi human rights?)

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From BBC's Newsnight:

Iraq's Prisons

Andrew North has an exclusive report on conditions inside Iraqi's overcrowded prison system. He has had unique access to inmates at Baghdad's Rusafa prison - the first time the foreign media have had such access to an Iraqi jail since the US invasion in 2003. Many prisoners complain that they are held without charge and kept in appalling conditions - so how much has changed since Saddam's day?

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