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Torture is the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain or grief as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent, revenge or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. Torture is almost universally considered to be an extreme violation of human rights, as stated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Signatories of the Third Geneva Convention and Fourth Geneva Convention agree not to torture protected persons (enemy civilians and POWs) in armed conflicts, and signatories of the UN Convention Against Torture agree not to intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on anyone, to obtain information or a confession, to punish them, or to coerce them or a third person...
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ICTY transfers Kosovo war criminal to France prison
May 16, 2008
[JURIST] Convicted Kosovo Albanian war criminal Haradin Bala has been transferred [ICTY press release] to a prison in France to serve out the rest of his 13-year sentence [JURIST news report], the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive].... [more]
US House committee investigates potential insurance fraud in Iraq
May 15, 2008
[JURIST] The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [committee website] heard testimony [transcripts] on Thursday regarding potential abuse of the Defense Base Act of 1941 (DBA) [text] in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Act requires [PDF, US DOL backgrounder] contractors working on.... [more]
Federal judge orders handover of CIA 'torture' memo
May 8, 2008
[JURIST] A US federal judge Thursday directed the CIA [order, PDF] to produce a 2002 US Department of Justice memo that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims authorized the CIA to use specific torture techniques - including waterboarding [JURIST news archive] - on US detainees held.... [more]
Ex-US Iraq commander says in new book that military tortured, killed detainees
May 7, 2008
[JURIST] Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez [JURIST report], a former US commanding general in Iraq, said in a new book published Tuesday that there is "irrefutable evidence" that the US military tortured and killed detainees in Afghanistan at the end of 2002. In Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story [book.... [more]
Guantanamo detainee sues UK for withholding 'torture' evidence
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] A British resident still detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the UK government alleging that the UK Foreign Office has refused to turn over evidence necessary to his defense before a US military commission, according to the Guardian newspaper..... [more]
House panel votes to subpoena Cheney aide on DOJ interrogation memo
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] The US House Judiciary Committee [official website] Tuesday voted to issue a subpoena to compel Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff David Addington [US News profile] to testify about a recently released Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memorandum [text; JURIST report].... [more]
Abu Ghraib ex-detainee files 'torture' lawsuit against US military contractors
May 5, 2008
[JURIST] A former Iraqi detainee filed a lawsuit against two private US military contractors Monday alleging that he was tortured tortured while held at the Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive] in Iraq in 2003, according to AP. Emad al-Janabi said that employees of CACI International and L-3.... [more]
Senate panel approves measure banning CIA use of contractors for interrogations
May 2, 2008
[JURIST] The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [official website] voted Thursday to approve a ban prohibiting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] from allowing private contractors to interrogate detainees. The ban is part of a bill authorizing intelligence.... [more]
US Army psychologists, medics supported 'abusive' interrogations after 2003 ban: ACLU
May 1, 2008
[JURIST] US military personnel - including Army psychologists and medics - continued to use or support "abusive" interrogation tactics even after such methods were prohibited by a 2003 memorandum, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] said Wednesday. According to documents.... [more]
DOJ to share interrogation opinions with Congressional intelligence panels
May 1, 2008
[JURIST] The US Justice Department will share internal legal opinions authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics with members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John P. Elwood told a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on.... [more]
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 | 2003 Yoo military interrogation memo [US DOJ]
April 2, 2008 | |
| | Guantanamo detainees interrogation videotapes report [Seton Hall Law School]
February 15, 2008 | |
| | CIA interrogation tapes destruction discovery compliance extension [US DC]
February 14, 2008 | |
| | Mukasey CIA interrogation finding [US DOJ]
January 29, 2008 | |
| | CIA interrogation videos report order [US DC]
January 25, 2008 | |
| | Ex-Guantanamo detainees torture lawsuit ruling [DC Circuit]
January 11, 2008 | |
| | Padilla 'torture memos' lawsuit against John Yoo [US DC]
January 4, 2008 | |
| | Canada-US refugee agreement ruling [Canada FC]
November 30, 2007 | |
| | Abu Ghraib contractor prisoner abuse case order [US DC]
November 7, 2007 | |
| | Arar Commission report addendum [Canada]
August 9, 2007 | |
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| | Torture rapporteur report [UN HRC]
March 11, 2008 | |
| | Destruction of the CIA interrogation videos [ACS]
January 28, 2008 | |
| | Guantanamo US Supreme Court protest [Witness Against Torture]
January 11, 2008 | |
| | Terrorism, Congress and the President [Harvard Law School]
November 14, 2007 | |
| | UN torture rapporteur press briefing [UN]
October 29, 2007 | |
| | Burma's Saffron Revolution [AEI]
October 16, 2007 | |
| | Torture, Detainees, and US Military [LLOC]
July 11, 2007 | |
| | Interrogating Terrorists: Probing the Limits [Duke Law School]
April 13, 2007 | |
| | Torture, Human Rights, and Terrorism [UC Berkeley]
March 13, 2007 | |
| | Ex-Guantanamo detainee interview [GULC]
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