US forces torture Press TV reporter

[karlos]

US forces torture Press TV reporter
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:49:33

Press TV correspondent in Afghanistan, Fayez Khurshid has said that he was tortured by US forces after his illegal detention last night.

According to Khurshid, foreign soldiers stopped him on the way home, grabbed him by the collar and asked if he was a member of the IRGC (The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) and worked for the government of Iran.

The Afghan journalist was rendered unconscious by a taser and taken to a US base where the officers in charge of interrogating him, forced him to watch all the reports he had made for Press TV, while "shocking him on an electric chair and beating him on the head".

He was threatened that if he continued to work for Press TV, his family would also suffer the consequences. Fayez repeatedly told his interrogators that he was a freelance journalist with no political ties to any foreign country.

Khurshid was released after an 18 hour detention.

Fayez had said in his latest report that the presence of the American forces in Afghanistan was the main reason for instability in the country and that Afghan authorities were instructed by foreign political forces to prevent the nation from chanting slogans against the US and Israel.

The Press TV correspondent made clear in his interview with the network that it is his duty to broadcast to the world what really goes on in Afghanistan, and the problems the presence of foreign forces has caused for the Afghan nation.

Saw this just today.
I must admit that www.presstv.com is a very good channel and hopefully they will put it onto sky and freeview asap
much better than all the other news channels watch live online yourselves and see.