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Human Rights First says alleged abuses at Abu Ghraib prison must not be seen in isolation. (AFP)

US has secret prisons (Concentration Camps): rights group

The United States is holding terrorism suspects in more than two dozen detention centres worldwide, about half of which operate in total secrecy, according to a new human rights report.

Human Rights First said in a report that secrecy surrounding the facilities made "inappropriate detention and abuse not only likely but inevitable".

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