Torture And Impunity
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Torture And Impunity
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Author : Alfred W. McCoy
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2012-08-24
Torture And Impunity written by Alfred W. McCoy and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-24 with Political Science categories.
Many Americans have condemned the “enhanced interrogation” techniques used in the War on Terror as a transgression of human rights. But the United States has done almost nothing to prosecute past abuses or prevent future violations. Tracing this knotty contradiction from the 1950s to the present, historian Alfred W. McCoy probes the political and cultural dynamics that have made impunity for torture a bipartisan policy of the U.S. government. During the Cold War, McCoy argues, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency covertly funded psychological experiments designed to weaken a subject’s resistance to interrogation. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the CIA revived these harsh methods, while U.S. media was flooded with seductive images that normalized torture for many Americans. Ten years later, the U.S. had failed to punish the perpetrators or the powerful who commanded them, and continued to exploit intelligence extracted under torture by surrogates from Somalia to Afghanistan. Although Washington has publicly distanced itself from torture, disturbing images from the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are seared into human memory, doing lasting damage to America’s moral authority as a world leader.
Mexico
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Author : Amnesty International
language : en
Publisher: Amnesty International
Release Date : 1991
Mexico written by Amnesty International and has been published by Amnesty International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Political Science categories.
Final Project Execution And Evaluation Report
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Author : Initiative to Combat Against Torture and Impunity (Project)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Final Project Execution And Evaluation Report written by Initiative to Combat Against Torture and Impunity (Project) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Human rights categories.
Ignoring Executions And Torture
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Author : Human Rights Watch (Organization)
language : en
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Release Date : 2009
Ignoring Executions And Torture written by Human Rights Watch (Organization) and has been published by Human Rights Watch this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
A short history of impunity -- Key cases of impunity the new government should address -- Causes and solutions for impunity in Bangladesh -- Recommendations.
Torture And Impunity In Jordan S Prisons
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Author : Christoph Wilcke
language : en
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Release Date : 2008
Torture And Impunity In Jordan S Prisons written by Christoph Wilcke and has been published by Human Rights Watch this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
End Impunity
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Author : Amnesty International
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
End Impunity written by Amnesty International and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Political Science categories.
Every day, all over the world, men, women and children are subjected to torture. Usually these crimes are not investigated and no one is prosecuted. This book highlights the need for more pressure on governments to investigate cases at all levels.
Challenging Impunity For Torture
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Author : Mitchell Woolf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Challenging Impunity For Torture written by Mitchell Woolf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Criminal jurisdiction categories.
Challenging Impunity For Torture
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Author : Mitchell Woolf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Challenging Impunity For Torture written by Mitchell Woolf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Criminal jurisdiction categories.
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Work On Him Until He Confesses
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Author : Heba Morayef
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Work On Him Until He Confesses written by Heba Morayef and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Criminal justice, Administration of categories.
"Torture is widespread in Egypt--used by law enforcement officers for Criminal Investigations and State Security Investigations (SSI) in a deliberate and systematic manner to glean confessions and information or to punish both criminal and political detainees. Since most torture cases are not prosecuted, police abuse is common and law enforcement officers are free to act with impunity. For example, SSI officers are not permitted to detain people but frequently carry out enforced disappearances and interrogate and abuse suspects. The government maintains that incidents of torture are isolated and that it investigates each one. While prosecutors open investigation files on each formal complaint, a number of factors prevent most cases progressing to court, including police intimidation of victims and witnesses who pursue complaints, the prosecution's limited resources and lack of independence, an inadequate legal framework, and the fact that police from the same unit as the alleged perpetrator are responsible for gathering evidence and summoning witnesses. This report documents the obstacles that exist to prosecuting law enforcement officers for torture and finds the government is failing to provide torture victims effective remedy, or to deter such abuses in the future by holding perpetrators accountable. 'Work on Him until He Confesses' urges the Egyptian government to investigate all credible allegations of torture and ill-treatment, even in the absence of a formal complaint. Prosecutors should conduct these inquiries promptly, impartially, and thoroughly, ensuring they investigate all those allegedly responsible, including superiors, and without involving alleged abusers in gathering evidence."--P. [4] of cover.
A Question Of Torture
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Author : Alfred McCoy
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Release Date : 2007-04-01
A Question Of Torture written by Alfred McCoy and has been published by Metropolitan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with History categories.
A startling exposé of the CIA's development and spread of psychological torture, from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond In this revelatory account of the CIA's secret, fifty-year effort to develop new forms of torture, historian Alfred W. McCoy uncovers the deep, disturbing roots of recent scandals at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo. Far from aberrations, as the White House has claimed, A Question of Torture shows that these abuses are the product of a long-standing covert program of interrogation. Developed at the cost of billions of dollars, the CIA's method combined "sensory deprivation" and "self-inflicted pain" to create a revolutionary psychological approach—the first innovation in torture in centuries. The simple techniques—involving isolation, hooding, hours of standing, extremes of hot and cold, and manipulation of time—constitute an all-out assault on the victim's senses, destroying the basis of personal identity. McCoy follows the years of research—which, he reveals, compromised universities and the U.S. Army—and the method's dissemination, from Vietnam through Iran to Central America. He traces how after 9/11 torture became Washington's weapon of choice in both the CIA's global prisons and in "torture-friendly" countries to which detainees are dispatched. Finally McCoy argues that information extracted by coercion is worthless, making a case for the legal approach favored by the FBI. Scrupulously documented and grippingly told, A Question of Torture is a devastating indictment of inhumane practices that have spread throughout the intelligence system, damaging American's laws, military, and international standing.