Human Rights Watch has asked the Obama administration to launch an investigation against 21 former United States officials for their alleged misconduct in their roles regarding the torture of suspected terrorists by the CIA. These […]
Tag: Torture
Jeb Bush Says He Wouldn’t Rule Out The Use Of Torture If Elected In 2016
2016 Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush announced he will not completely rule out the use of torture as an interrogation technique. Bush said that though the method was inappropriate, there were circumstances where the use of […]
Saudi Arabia Sentences Tourist To 1000 Lashes And Eight Years In Prison For Criticizing Government
The Saudi Arabian court system sent out another strong message today that it would not tolerate freedom of speech or the media by sentencing Pakistani analyst and commentator Zaid Hamid to 1000 lashes and eight […]
United Nations Report Lists North Korea Among World’s Worst Human Rights Abusers
The U.S. State Department said Thursday that last year, North Korea’s prison camps, torture, public executions, interrogation of children and other mistreatments of people were among the worst on world record. “Systematic, widespread, and gross […]
Iran Jails Cartoon Drawer For 12 Years Just Days After Holding Cartoon Drawing Contest
Don’t let Iran’s art takeovers or cartoon drawing contests fool you: Its still a fanatically religious country where oppression and human rights abuses are the norm. The latest news out of Iran confirms this as […]
Court Rules Americans Do Not Have Right To Know CIA Torture Details
In a shocking blow to democracy a federal judge has ruled the CIA can keep secret nearly 7,000 pages of a Senate report on its interrogation methods, as well as an internal agency review concerning […]
Why The CIA Destroyed Torture Tapes: It Would Have Meant End Of The Agency
When graphic photos of American soldiers abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq came to light in 2004, they sparked international outrage. The reaction by the world to the horrifying abuses sent shivers down […]
Blockbuster Film Zero Dark Thirty Contained CIA Propaganda To Justify Torture Program
Blockbuster hit Zero Dark Thirty, a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, contained CIA propaganda to portray the agency’s controversial “enhanced interrogation techniques” — widely described as torture — as a key to […]
Chicago Admits To Torturing Prisoners Yet Still Runs Illegal Black Site Jails
Chicago announced it will pay a total of up to $5.5 million to dozens of people tortured by the city’s police in the 70s and 80s in addition to other reparations such as a memorial […]
Psychologists Met In Secret To Help Bush Justify Torture Program
Disturbing revelations about just how far our government will go to justify their actions to the public have emerged today. A watchdog analysis released on Thursday shows that the leading American professional group for psychologists […]