WASHINGTON, August 7, 2008 (AFP) - A Guantanamo detainee on Wednesday urged a human rights panel that investigates abuse cases in the Americas to review his accusations that he was tortured in the US 'war on terror' prison.

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - A Nobel-prize-winning rights group on Thursday said US officials committed war crimes by ordering what the group says was torture of detainees, and called for them to be probed and prosecuted.

LONDON, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - The British government should no longer accept US assurances that it does not use torture, a parliamentary oversight committee said Sunday in a wide-ranging report looking at London's human rights policy.

BANGKOK, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Thailand's army of covering up the torture of a Muslim cleric who later died in custody in the country's troubled south.

NEW YORK, July 2, 2008 (AFP) - US interrogators questioning detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base employed harsh techniques borrowed directly from the Communist Chinese during the Korean War, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

ISTANBUL, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - Four Iraqis announced Monday in Istanbul they are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.

ISTANBUL, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - Four Iraqis announced Monday in Istanbul they are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.

LONDON, May 25, 2008 (AFP) - Former US president Jimmy Carter on Sunday called on the next leader of the United States to publicly vow that his country would never again torture prisoners.

KINSHASA, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - Suspected rebels were reportedly tortured in prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International said Tuesday, urging the government to investigate several deaths blamed on maltreatment.

LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2008 (AFP) - Employees from US military contractors helped torture Iraqi civilians detained at Abu Ghraib prison five years ago, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Monday.