Administrative human rights abusers during 1950-1975

The countries in this category routinely tortured their citizens on "an administrative basis" or "as an essential mode of governance" during 1950-1975, according to the Amnesty International definition of those terms.

Based on the sources below, the countries outside the US sphere of influence (during 1950-1975) that practiced torture on an administrative basis were:
 * Burundi
 * Guinea
 * Iraq
 * Malawi
 * Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe)
 * South Africa
 * The Soviet Union
 * Syria
 * Uganda