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By The Numbers — Findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project

First Comprehensive Accounting of Torture and Abuse by U.S. Personnel Shows More than 600 Personnel Implicated, Scant Accountability

By the NumbersNew research issued jointly by Human Rights First, NYU’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and Human Rights Watch, shows that abuse of detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Guantánamo Bay has been widespread, and that the United States has taken only limited steps to investigate and punish implicated personnel.

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Briefing Paper: By the Numbers (PDF-377KB)

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Read Human Rights First’s landmark study on detainee deaths: Command’s Responsibility: Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan