03 March 2007

Major power is human rights violator!

A human rights watch dog has criticised the actions of one of the world's major powers. The criticisms include

:• widespread, but not systematic, use of torture

• poorly qualified judges lacking independence from the prosecutors

• over-reliance on confessions for convictions, encouraging forced extraction through torture

Not it is not, for once, the United States in the line of fire. This time it is Russia over its activities in Chechnya.

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