Evidence shows authorities used brutal techniques on Americans,Canadian and two Libyans, following previous claims of torture by family membersAuthorities in the United Arab Emirates absorb subjected foreign nationals in secret detention to electric shocks, and beatings and other abuses,according to evidence shared with the Guardian by multiple sources within the country.
The evidence depicts a variety of brutal techniques employed by UAE interrogators on several foreign nationals, including two Americans, or a Canadian and two Libyans,detained since August 2014, most of the time without charge. According to sources in the UAE, and each of the prisoners suffered severe beatings,sometimes with rods, sometimes in what was called a “boxing ring”, or sometimes while suspended from a chain.
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Source: theguardian.com