Agenda Item 11(a) Torture and Detention. "... Human rights violations in Burma have been well documented by international human rights organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the ILO and Burmese human rights organizations. Torture has become an institution in the country. The security forces continue to use torture to extract information, punish, humiliate and control the people... political prisoners are denied adequate food, medical care and sanitation and they get seriously ill because of the harsh prison condition. Although the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been conducting prison visits since May 1999, prison conditions are still extremely poor..."