Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Amnesty accuses US-led forces of abuses: "Amnesty International today accused the US-led occupying forces in Iraq of failing to uphold human rights in their treatment of Iraqi civilians.
The group is to present a memorandum detailing 'allegations of ill-treatment by coalition forces and inhumane detention conditions' to Paul Bremer, the head of the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq, today.
A team of eight Amnesty workers have been in Iraq for the last week collecting testimonies from alleged victims of human rights abuses committed under the CPA. The allegations include the shooting of a 12-year-old boy during house-to-house searches by US troops, and reports of Iraqis detained by coalition forces being subjected to torture.
In many cases, it is alleged that people have been snatched from the street without warning and denied access to relatives and lawyers while in jail - a 'strong echo' of methods used by Saddam Hussein's regime, according to Amnesty...The head of Amnesty 's delegation to Iraq, Mahmoud Ben Romdhane, said that after more than 100 days of occupation, the promises of human rights for all Iraqis have yet to be fulfilled"
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