In an age where any inquiry by a government into its complicity in rendition and torture is rare, a small step from Australia is welcome. But we should not confuse it with proper accountability.
Posts Tagged “torture”
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Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Justice
Topics: Australia, Ben Batros, counterterrorism, detention, Egypt, Guantanamo, Mahmoud Habib, National Security & Counterterrorism, rendition, torture
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Many observers wonder at the apparent disconnect between American support for justice abroad and President Obama’s determination to "look forward not backward" at home.
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An Amnesty International report released this week calls for a break in the conspiracy of silence surrounding Europe's complicity in CIA-driven torture and extraordinary renditions.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, United States
Topics: Amrit Singh, CIA, European Court of Human Rights, extraordinary rendition, Khaled El-Masri, Macedonia, torture
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There is no doubt that Abd al-Rashim al-Nashiri was brutally tortured while held in various CIA black sites, including in Poland. The U.S. government's own documents confirm this.
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I’m deeply concerned about an America that values its security more than its principles. Some of our elected officials have publicly stated that their first responsibility is to protect the American people. They’d better review their oaths. Their first responsibility is to the Constitution.
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The Open Society community's tweets this week cover protests in Lebanon, torture for petty crimes, sex workers' rights, and more.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: Lebanon, Middle East, net neutrality, sex workers, torture, Twitter
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Millions of ordinary people accused of petty crimes comprise the majority of the world's pretrial detainees—and in many countries they are routinely and systematically subjected to torture.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East
Topics: criminal justice reform, Kersty McCourt, pretrial detention, torture
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Doctors in the United States are taught "First, do no harm." But what ethical and legal standards govern when a medical professional who works for the CIA is present when "enhanced" interrogation methods are applied to a detainee?
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Health, Justice, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: CIA, doctors, human rights, international law, interrogation, medicine, Nancy Chang, torture
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While the United States may not want to acknowledge how it tore Khaled El-Masri's life apart, European pressure may well compel the U.S. to finally come clean.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, United States
Topics: Amrit Singh, European Court of Human Rights, human rights, Khaled El-Masri, Maher Arar, torture, U.S. Supreme Court
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Kazakhstani civil society activists argue that progress in human rights, media independence, freedom of assembly, and access to justice falls short of promises made by the Kazakhstani government prior to taking up the OSCE chairmanship. They are urging the European Union to use "friendly criticism"...
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: European Union, Evgeniy Zhovtis, human rights, Jacqueline Hale, Kazakhstan, OSCE, torture