More than 20 Kuwaitis denied in court on Tuesday that they were linked to Iran and the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah, alleging that confessions were extracted under extreme physical torture, according to AFP.

All 23 men in court told judge Mohammad al-Duaij they were systematically tortured by beatings and electric shocks, with interrogators threatening to kill them if they did not sign "prepared confessions".


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