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UN chief wants US to abolish secret prisons
By Associated Press
Published: 09/08/2006

GENEVA The United Nations' top human rights official wants the U.S. to abolish its use of CIA secret prisons for suspected terrorists, her spokesman said Friday.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour "urges that the program of secret detention be abolished," spokesman Jose Diaz said. "Secret and incommunicado detention in themselves infringe international standards and additionally can create an environment ripe for other abusive conduct." Read more.

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