Category Torture

How has this “anti-torture” legislation legalized torture? First, “The administration has failed to lay out clear – and acceptable â┚¬â€œ standards of what constitutes torture and CID (cruel inhumane and degrading treatment.” Just after Bush announced his deal with McCain,…

Amnesty International’s reaction to the Council of Europe’s report on renditions and black sites. Publication of the Council of Europe’s interim report on the issue of extraordinary renditions and secret detention centres in Europe is a step towards uncovering the…

Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray was flying home after testifying about US/Brit complicity in torture when, lo and behold, his laptop vanished. On arrival at London City, when my bag did not arrive, I went to the luggage…

A European investigator looking into allegations of secret, CIA-run prisons in Europe said today that “a great deal” of evidence pointed towards the existence of a US system of “outsourcing” torture. Swiss senator Dick Marty said it was also highly…

A military jury recommended a simple reprimand Monday for an Army officer who killed an Iraqi general by stuffing him headfirst into a sleeping bag and sitting on his chest during an interrogation. He got a reprimand for negligent homicide……