ICRC confirms prison riot at US-run camp in southern Iraq [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 05 April 2005 0310 hrs

ICRC confirms prison riot at US-run camp in southern Iraq


BAGHDAD : Prisoners at a US-run detention camp in southern Iraq rioted on April 1, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed on Monday following a denial of the incident by the US military.
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Earlier, a representative of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr's movement had revealed that some detainees rioted at Camp Bucca on Friday after one of them had been denied medical treatment.

The Sadr representative accused US soldiers of putting down the disturbance with rubber bullets, wounding an undetermined number of detainees.
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"There have been no reports of mistreatment of detainees," Rudisill told AFP. "Nothing like that happened down there. Nobody is denied medical attention down there." - AFP
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