U.N.: Some Afghan prisoners tortured

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(CNN) -- Authorities in some Afghan prisons are torturing detainees into confessions, using all sorts of methods that meet the international definition of torture, according to a new U.N. report. The practices documented "are among the most serious human rights violations under international law, are crimes under Afghan law and are strictly prohibited under both Afghan and international law," the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says in the report. "Detainees described experiencing torture in the form of suspension (being hung by the wrists from chains <a href="http://www.ecigs-store.com/supertanker-001-p-22.html"><strong>cheap cigarettes</strong></a> or other devices attached to the wall, ceiling, iron bars or other fixtures for lengthy periods) and beatings, especially with rubber hoses, electric cables or wires or wooden sticks and most frequently on the soles of the feet. Electric shock, twisting and wrenching of detainees' genitals, stress positions including forced standing, removal of toenails and threatened ######ual abuse were among other forms of torture that detainees reported. "Routine blindfolding and hooding and denial of access <a href="http://www.ecigs-store.com/"><strong>e cigarette wholesale</strong></a> to medical care in some facilities were also reported. UNAMA documented one death" in government custody due to torture in April 2011, the report says. The report comes from interviews with 379 pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners at facilities operated by different branches of the Afghan government between October 2010 and August 2011. The Afghanistan government responded that the report "is to some extent not close to reality" and "not entirely in compliance with the facts." But the government also said the report may help draw attention to needed improvements. "Despite their cruel and barbaric acts," terrorists are being treated "humanely and in accordance with the law," the Afghan government said, in a response included in the UNAMA report. "Beginning from their <a href="http://www.ecigs-store.com/510-black-p-27.html"><strong>best ecig</strong></a> arrest and investigation to the final verdict of the court they are treated in accordance with the Islamic and humanitarian norms." UNAMA said officials with Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security "systematically tortured detainees in a number of detention facilities across Afghanistan. Torture does not appear to have been practiced systematically in each NDS facility UNAMA observed."