AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT SHOWS ONGOING OPEN DISREGARD FOR RULE OF LAW IN SENEGAL

Suspects Are Routinely Tortured in Custody to Extract Confessions; Perpetrators Are Rarely Held Accountable(London) -- Senegal’s security forces routinely torture suspects in custody to extract confessions -- sometimes causing death -- and the practice is openly condoned in court while perpetrators are seldom held to account, Amnesty International said in a report released today.Senegal: Land of Impunity shows an appalling contempt for t he rule of law and violations of human rights at every step in the justice system. Men and women are routinely subjected to beatings, electrocution