4/23/07

THE SYSTEMATIC TORTURE AND ABUSE OF PRISONERS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF TONGA FOLLOWINGCIVIL UNREST IN NOVEMBER 2006




National Centre for Women and Children
P.O Box 2920
Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga
E: cwctonga@kalianet.to
T: (+676) 78972

“One of the prisoners was crying – crying like he was at a
putu [Tongan funeral]. He was begging too. His handcuffs
had been on for three days straight. They [the Police]
wouldn’t even take them off when he went to do a shit. The
cuffs had worked themselves so tight that they had cut
through his skin and you could see his wrist bones exposed.”
Prisoner held at Nuku’alofa Police Station, November 2006


“I saw bloody people come into the cells everyday. People
with smashed faces – it just became normal.”
Prisoner held at Nuku’alofa Police Station, November 2006


http://planet-tonga.com/beta/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/ncwc_report_on_government_torture_in_tonga_nov_2006.pdf

Abuse in Tongan prisons - "Hit in the face with the back of a gun"


http://indymedia.org.nz/feature/display/71607/index.php

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