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More and more evidence of the abuse of detainees continues to filter out. The human rights organization Physicians For Human Rights released a report yesterday after conducting medical evaluations of the detainees from Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo.  The 130 page report entitled Broken Laws, Broken Lives can be downloaded here.

The Boston Globe relates portions of the report.

"A subject named "Amir," an Iraqi in his late 20s held in Abu Ghraib prison from August 2003 to January 2005, "showed signs of rectal tearing that are highly consistent with his report of having been sodomized with a broomstick," the report found.

"Yasser," another Abu Ghraib detainee in his mid-40s, had scars on his thumbs and irregularities in the contours of his tongue, according to the report. The medical team concluded that the damage supports his contention that his American captors subjected him to electric shocks.