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By Sridhar Krishnaswami
WASHINGTON, DEC. 13. In an open letter to the U.S. Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, Human Rights Watch has said new cases of prisoner deaths have emerged from American detention facilities in Afghanistan. It said they highlighted the Government's "continuing failure" to establish accountability. Mr. Rumsfeld has been asked to speed up investigation and prosecution of personnel implicated in cases of mistreatment or death. The Pentagon investigation by Brig. Gen. Charles Jacoby this summer must be released, it said. "It's time for the United States to come clean about crimes committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The United States has to get serious about prosecuting people implicated in prisoner deaths and mistreatment," said Brad Adams, Asia Division Director of the HRW. It sad six detenus were now known to have died in custody including four known cases of alleged murder or manslaughter. Washington, it is pointed out, has only announced a handful of investigations on the criminal front and has charged only two persons with any crime. It said one Sher Mohammad Khan was arrested on September 24 during a raid on his house. He is said to have died the next day at a U.S. military base. "The United States is dragging is feet on these investigations," Mr. Adams said. The Watch has said the failure to investigate and prosecute abuses had created a "culture of impunity" among some interrogators and allowed abuse to spread.
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