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Torture

Rights Law 'makes Uk Forces Shun Arrests'

US legal adviser claims European countries are reluctant to detain prisoners due to human rights laws British forces are avoiding detaining suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq because of fears they will be liable under...

UPR Human Rights Forum Report

Download: HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR), BANGLADESH This report has been prepared by the Human Rights Forum on UPR (‘the Forum’), Bangladesh, a coalition of 17 human rights and development organisations...

PHR Salutes APA Policy Banning Psychologists From Illegal U.S. Interrogations

"APA's (American Psychological Association's) announcement today is a historic victory for medical ethics and human rights," said Physicians for Human Rights CEO Frank Donaghue. "PHR salutes the APA for telling President Bush...

Bangladesh: Stop Denying Killings and Torture

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, October 6, 2008) – The Bangladesh interim government should use its last months in office to seriously address persistent rights abuses rather than deny that they are happening, Human ...

Rights Group: Abuse Of Inmates Is Torture

07 October 2008By Natalya Krainova / Staff WriterA leading European human rights body has criticized Russia for the mistreatment of prisoners and detainees. "Unfortunately, there have been severe forms of ill treatment that...

S&M Porn Illegal-Real Life Torture-OK!

clipped by: ratilfarclipper's remarks: But for our highest government officials, including the ones responsible for this prosecution, we have a different story altogether. In 2002, the Bush DOJ radically re-defined "torture"...

Parents of San Antonio Soldier Fear He Was Tortured

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - After spending weeks studying the results of the autopsy of their son who was killed in Iraq, the parents of Spc. Byron Wayne Fouty believe he was tortured by his captors. "We think they held him for up to...

They Tortured Us in Ethiopian 'Guantanamo' - Freed Kenyans

Kenya: They Tortured Us in Ethiopian 'Guantanamo' - Freed Kenyans Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Philip Muyanga And Mazera Ndurya Nairobi A group of Kenyans have revealed how they were tortured when held as terrorist suspects...

11 Family Members killed in US Raid; GI likely torured in Iraq;

A US raid on a suspected guerrilla safe house left 11 members of a family dead on Sunday, including three women and three children. The US military insists that the dead men were members of "al-Qaeda" and that the house was...

Drifter faces prison in Portage torture case

The Associated Press • October 5, 2008 MADISON — A drifter accused of helping her gang torture an 11-year-old boy and kill his mother is set to be sentenced this week. Twenty-four-year-old Candace Clark faces nearly 130 years...