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1. Supreme Court Ruling Means Torture May Return

   
   Infowars — Authority 715
   civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment. The statute applies not only […] government for torture. The Center for Constitutional Rights notes : It is an awful day for the rule of law and common […] can now draw comfort from this decision. The lower court found that torture is all in a days’ work for the Secretary of
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2. Supreme Court Ruling Means Torture May Return

   
   Truth is Contagious — Authority 177
   law. Specifically, the Geneva Convention makes it illegal to inflict mental or physical torture or inhuman treatment […] sue the government for torture. The Center for Constitutional Rights notes : It is an awful day for the rule of law and […] torturers can now draw comfort from this decision. The lower court found that torture is all in a days’ work for the Secretary
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3. Supreme Court Ruling Means Torture May Return

   
   Washington's Blog — Authority 551
   , torture is a violation of both international and American law. Specifically, the Geneva Convention makes it illegal to inflict […] , whether military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment. The […] The Supreme Court has just ruled that four Guantanamo prisoners cannot sue the government for torture. The Center for
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4. Peter MacKay, Red Cross discussed detainees in 2006

   
   statism watch — Authority 145
   | Tories sabotage Afghan committee meeting | Canada ‘defended’ torturer | Ottawa won’t release Afghan torture documents […] | Top general’s Afghan detainee reversal hikes pressure for public inquiry | Richard Colvin’s Afghan torture memos reveal […] government concealed prisoner access issues | Torture claims unreliable, officials say, despite having found evidence of
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5. Empty Words

   
   The Moderate Voice — Authority 671
   Tort Statute and the Geneva Conventions, finding defendants immune on the basis that “ torture is a foreseeable consequence […] source of our strength.  That is why I prohibited torture.  That is why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed.  And […] that is why I have reaffirmed America’s commitment to abide by the Geneva Conventions.  We lose ourselves when we
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6. Corporations Are Persons, Gitmo Detainees Arent. Welcome To Our Brave …

   
   Crooks and Liars — Authority 749
   SCOTUSs refusal of the case, just got the Supreme Courts blessing to torture . Obviously, other countries will follow our […] Tuesday that the country’s highest court evidently believes that "torture and religious humiliation are permissible tools for […] dismissed the detainees’ claims under the Alien Tort Statute and the Geneva Conventions, finding defendants immune on the basis
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7. Supreme Court Ruling Means Torture May Return

   
   Gulag Blog — Authority 170
   military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment. The statute […] government for torture. The Center for Constitutional Rights notes : It is an awful day for the rule of law and common […] can now draw comfort from this decision. The lower court found that torture is all in a days’ work for the Secretary of
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8. Supreme Court Ruling Means Torture May Return

   
   Fuck Bankers — Authority 170
   military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment. The statute […] government for torture. The Center for Constitutional Rights notes : It is an awful day for the rule of law and common […] can now draw comfort from this decision. The lower court found that torture is all in a days’ work for the Secretary of
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9. Wars, crimes and political stunts | Charles Falconer

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 985
   war crimes such as genocide, torture, serious breaches of the Geneva conventions and crimes against humanity. For every […] removed. For some of these crimes, including torture and grave crimes against the Geneva conventions there is already a […] Geneva conventions, in respect of the Israeli governments actions in Gaza. To launch such a prosecution requires only the
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10. Top general’s Afghan detainee reversal hikes pressure for public…

    
    statism watch — Authority 145
    transferring a prisoner to torture or abuse is a Geneva Conventions-grade war crime. But in this case there is no evidence […] MacKay, for his part, remains in denial mode . Stay on message Peter! Flashback: Richard Colvin’s Afghan torture […] memos reveal government concealed prisoner access issues | Torture claims unreliable, officials say, despite having found
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