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‘Commonplace among the the majority of law enforcement institutions’

As the Star notes, the U.S. State Department has released its annual human rights reports for the countries of the world, including Afghanistan.

The prologue

In spring 2007, the Globe’s Graeme Smith conducted 30 interviews with detainees and documented various allegations of abuse after they were transferred from Canadian to Afghan authorities. Paul Koring subsequently reported that the Harper government was warned of mistreatment. Months later, Smith reported that Canada had lost track of at least 50 detainees due to poor record-keeping. In November of that year, Canada temporarily halted transfers.