A preacher who had been detained for 12 days by the Afghan intelligence service arrived at a hospital badly beaten, suffering from kidney failure, and slipping in and out of consciousness. The doctors are not sure if he will make it or not yet. The man was admitted to the hospital in the eastern province of Khost on Wednesday morning. Research shows that it’s common for the Afghan agency and the police to be involved in various forms of torture. Family members of the detainee said that he was a high school teacher in Sorbari district and also served as a mullah at a village mosque. The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan are monitoring the situation and how it occurred. Afghan intelligence agents were wearing shalwar kameez and they swarmed the public hospital in Khost City, the capital of Khost Province, where the man, Maulavi Abdullah, was admitted Wednesday. They kept both doctors and reporters from talking to the patient with the exception of two doctors who were treating him. Khost Province is heavily infiltrated by Taliban. Beatings and torture have long been part of the local detention culture, especially for the intelligence service, which is under further investigation to get confessions so that cases can proceed to rapid trials. The police have said that they are instituting reforms to safeguard against torture and that the American military is working with them to help teach them about other ways of interrogation. The reasons behind this random attack are unknown at this point, but extra precaution is being taken. The only question now is where and, when will the next attack will take place.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/world/asia/preacher-held-by-spies-of-afghans-is-near-death.html?scp=8&sq=Global%20crime&st=cse
1 comment:
This was an interesting story, and brings to light many issues. First, religious freedom that we have so easily in our country are not accepted throughout the rest of the world. People are abused and tortured because of their beliefs and status. Another problem is that of gangs/terrorist groups. They torture and kill people at such a high rate in order to get the things they feel are entitled to them. Good review of the article.
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