Articles Tagged “torture”
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Letter to Jeb Bush: Torture is Never Justifiable
The release of the Senate Torture Report should have reminded you that human torture is not only morally unacceptable – it is also a crime.
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Prisoner Swap is an Opportunity to Again Debate the Closing of Guantánamo
It is unfortunate that the debate about the prisoner swap – U.S. Army Sgt. Bergdahl for 5 Taliban officials – disregards or at least minimizes the fact that prior to the swap, there were 149 still imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, of which 78 are still imprisoned after being cleared for release and 38 the U.S. has said it lacks evidence to prosecute but claims they are too dangerous to release.
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The Invasion of Iraq Ten Years Later: A Mistake That Should Not Be Forgotten
I can remember it like yesterday. I was in Chicago at a Centers for Disease Control conference for work and it was going to happen – we were going to war in Iraq, a war based on lies
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Zero Dark Thirty: Turning the Spotlight on US Use of Torture
Zero Dark Thirty tells the story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The film shows graphic scenes of US torture including waterboarding, beating, sleep deprivation, humiliation, and psychological torture.
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