US tells Iraq to stop abuse in prisons
12 April 2012
The US has told Iraq to improve its poor prison conditions and investigate allegations of abuse.
The criticism came in a UN Human Rights Council debate today over Iraq's human rights record, nearly six years after accounts emerged of American torture at Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad.
US representative Douglas Griffiths also said he was deeply concerned about the violence against religious minorities, homosexuals and women in Iraq.
Iraq's human rights minister, Wijdan Salim, said her country was trying to improve the protection of human rights while handling the difficult security situation.
