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Arabia
Beating scars found on Kuwaiti militants
2005-09-06
KUWAIT CITY — An independent Kuwaiti medical commission said yesterday it had found scars from beatings on a number of suspected militants standing trial for involvement in deadly clashes with police.

The commission said in a report submitted to a court that it had examined 18 of the 37 suspects and found scars of beatings and wounds on most of them, but did not indicate the cause of the injuries.
"Howdja get these marks, Mahmoud?"
"I [thwack] I dunno!"
The commission, headed by three professors from the medicine faculty of Kuwait University, was formed at the request of defence lawyers who claimed their clients were tortured to confess. Defence lawyer Dokhi Al Hasban told AFP the report proved that the suspects had been physically tortured because the scars were still present some eight months after their arrest and interrogation.
"The Major slipped in the shower, isn't that right Radar?"
"Um, yes sir, slipped in the shower he did."
He said the public prosecutor should have referred the suspects to medical examination before interrogating them and accordingly the result of investigations should be declared null and void.

However another defence lawyer, Mohammad Munwer Al Mutairi, told judge Hani Al Hamdan that the report failed to say clearly if the suspects were tortured by authorities and when.
Posted by:Steve White

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