A new State Department report on human rights has accused U.S-backed Iraqi government of carrying out serious human rights abuses including torture, illegal detention by police and forced confessions. Overall the report criticized other nations for using methods of interrogation that were similar to ones approved by the Bush administration in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. This includes sleep deprivation for detainees, confining prisoners in contorted positions, stripping and blindfolding them and threatening them with dogs.