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Thousands held without trial in Iraq, says Amnesty

By Steve Negus, Iraq Correspondent

Published: March 6 2006 02:00 | Last updated: March 6 2006 02:00

Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been detained for months if not years without trial by US-led multinational forces since the 2003 invasion, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday.

The London-based rights group called for an end to the indefinite internment of thousands of detainees in Iraq by the multinational forces, as it launched a report titled "Beyond Abu Ghraib: Detention and Torture in Iraq".

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