11.   Sheik Abdullah denied that he was involved in torturing the men or that he had any knowledge of torture by his security people.

12.   The government suspended a provincial police chief and four of his deputies Wednesday after allegations that they tortured a man to death, Yemeni security officials said.

13.   While held for two weeks in a detention center in Chechnya, Babitsky said he saw innocent men tortured by Russian police.