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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

UN-backed investigators allege torture and sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities

A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar's detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts over the last year.

Nicholas Koumjian was speaking as the international independent team he heads released its latest annual report on Tuesday, focusing on a one-year period running through June 30.

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