UK orders inquiry into Iraqi death
15/5/08
Britain has bowed to pressure and said it will open an independent inquiry into the death of an Iraqi hotel worker who was beaten and died in British custody in southern Iraq in 2003. The move follows years of legal wrangling in which the family of Baha Musa and eight other Iraqis who survived the beatings have sought justice. All nine suffered 36 hours of violent interrogation before Musa died with 93 injuries, including a broken nose and ribs. Britain’s ministry of defence admitted in March that its troops tortured and breached the human rights of the men detained at a Basra hotel. The ministry apologised to Musa’s family and the other men, opening the way for potentially large compensation claims.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D6E56B36-4688-4761-BACB-98F922807E99.htm