torture

Torture is a willful infliction of pain as a means of procuring information from a prisoner of war. It is specifically used as method of interrogation wherein the prisoner is forced to succumb to physical and or psychological anguish.

There are various methods of torture, including sleep and sensory deprivation, sensory overload, physical and psychological pain, humiliation, imposed starvation and asphyxiation.

The act of torture is strictly forbidden by the United Nations Convention against Torture and other international regulatory bodies. The effectiveness of torturing prisoners is also a dubious prospect as throughout history, prisoners have confessed to a variety of allegations as a means to suspend their pain.

Many have protested the use of torture as an interrogation tactic, and argued for the violation of ethics and morality in the deliberate attempt to cause suffering as a means of gain information.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “torture”

• Conditions have deteriorated for prisone…

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 526
  Conditions have deteriorated for prisoners at Guantanamo since Obama took office. Read the whole AlJazeera story. Authorities at the prison deny mistreating the inmates, but interviews with former detainees, letters from current prisoners and sworn testimony from independent medical experts who have visited the ...
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• Philippines: Clinton Should Press Arroyo on Killings

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 686
  (New York) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should press President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines to prosecute military members responsible for politically motivated killings, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
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• TORTURE MADE IN THE United States of America

  
  Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture — Authority: 121
  
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• You are dead; I am god.

  
  Hundie Jo [dot] Com — Authority: 125
  I like to think this is why a counselor was allowed on the bridge at all times. [1] Via Abstruse Goose . Well, before she took the Bridge Officer’s Test Tags: Abstruse , borg , bridge , captain picard , counselor , deana troi , enterprise , God , Goose , Humor , Media , Officer , q , Star ...
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• Yoo Withdrew: Amidst Growing Call for Criminal Investigation, Torture Memos Author John Yoo Withdraws from Federalist Society Panel

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 414
  Amidst a growing call for a criminal investigation of the DOJ lawyers who authorized torture, John Yoo, author of the most infamous of the “torture memos” withdrew as a speaker at the conservative Federalist Society Convention where Alliance for Justice and human rights supporters are scheduled to take action . ...
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• OK, thats IT! The boy can no longer watch Family Guy

  
  Don't Get Me Started... — Authority: 121
  Last night while watching Family Guy**, the boy asked me: "Mommy, whats sex?" I managed to stay calm and relaxed and said: "Its what men and women do together to make babies." (Pretty good, huh? specifically vague) A second later he followed up with: "Why are that lady and Brian going to do it in the bathroom?" ...
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• Torture Update: Andy Worthington’s Excellent New Film

  
  BOVARD — Authority: 416
  Andy Worthington, the author of The Guantanamo Files , is touring the U.S. with his excellent new film, “ Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo .” He will be in California later this week. Tour schedule is here . “Outside the Law” does a fine job of blending the legal issues and personal ...
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• Never Cry Werewolf

  
  By The Book Reviews — Authority: 110
  Author: Heater Davis Pages: 214 Shelby isn’t really a bad kid, she just likes to break the rules and has bad taste in guys. But her evil stepmother convinces her father to send her away to brat camp and she finds herself at Camp Crescent. Shelby is determined to suck it up and stay out of trouble so ...
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• The birth of photography at the British Library

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 150
  Its probably true to say that most people in the world today, with the exception of those living in very remote areas, carry in their heads certain photographic images. These pictures stay with us for various reasons - they may have a haunting beauty like the portrait of the green-eyed Afghan girl which appeared on ...
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• Sharon McDonough Had Her Very Own Pet Cemetery

  
  The Dreamin Demon — Authority: 478
  Long Island – Last Thursday, the guys from Rescue Ink: Unleashed got a call about a disturbing case of animal cruelty . The cast, a bunch of big, schmexy, tattooed, biker types who strive to save stolen and abused animals, headed out to the home of 43-year-old Sharon McDonough. Upon discovery of five dogs in ...
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• Rendition Prosecuted Abroad While U.S. Courts Do Nothing

  
  NOVAKEO.COM — Authority: 134
  The George W. Bush administration was the target of much criticism from human rights groups for, among other things, its policy of extraordinary rendition , in which detainees have been transferred for interrogation in other countries that are known for their use of torture. And human rights groups and individuals ...
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• Fort Hood gunman had told US military colleagues that infidels should have their throats cut

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 149
  It seems as if the Obama administration may have a difficult time whitewashing this as not a Muslim act of terror. Obama has already asked us not to jump to conclusions and of course, as this was not a white policeman doing his job arresting people breaking in to homes, I can see why he would say that. Obama only ...
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• Gruesome Backyard Pet Cemetery Exposed, Thanks to Rescue Ink – VIDEO

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 431
  Our favorite animal advocate groups, Rescue Ink, helped uncover a gruesome case of animal torture and killing on Long Island this past Saturday.  This case is truly heinous. The group, acting on a call to their tip line,  made a trip to Selden, Long Island to check on a home where  animals were being ...
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  Psyche, Science, and Society — Authority: 129
  The LA Times thinks that the Italian court was right in stating that laws against kidnapping apply to all, even CIA operatives, or administration officials: Italy got it right: CIA renditions are wrong The conviction of 23 Americans in the abduction of Muslim cleric Abu Omar may be largely symbolic, but it ...
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• FBI Interrogators Argued in 2002 That ‘Enhanced’ Interrogation Techniques Were Illegal and Ineffective

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 782
  As former Vice President Dick Cheney and some Republican lawmakers continue to debate whether torture works and was a legitimate interrogation technique during the Bush administration, it’s almost jaw-dropping to read some of the memos that were written by the real experts on interrogation techniques in the U.S. ...
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• 12 Soldiers Disappear From Barracks

  
  Denford Magora's Latest Zimbabwe News Blog — Authority: 139
  Twelve soldiers who have "disappeared" from Pomona Barracks in Harare are said to be held at the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, where they have been tortured so badly that their relatives are barred from visiting them. The soldiers apparently were arrested in connection with the alleged disappearance of ...
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• Craig Murray and John Pilger on the “War on Terror”

  
  chtodelat news — Authority: 128
  The Fabulous Craig Murray , “ Uzbek Terror and the UK/USA” (interview on The Real News ; watch Craig’s recent talk on the same grim topic here and here ) John Pilger , “Breaking the Australian Silence” (Sydney Peace Prize acceptance speech): Last July, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said ...
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• Were very serious about the fish

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 510
  Judicial inquiry for salmon disappearance . Versus.... Obstruction of Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry on torture allegations involving Afghan detainees. Not to mock the importance of the lost salmon at all. But the comparative treatment is striking.
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• Now, Italy Must Gird for the Repercussions Over CIA Convictions: La Stampa of Italy

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 729
  Judge Oscar Magi: Repercussions over his decision to convict 23 CIA agents of kidnapping on Italian soil are already being felt. Italians today may be proud that their system of justice hasn’t spared intelligence agents of the world’s mightiest power, but the children of ancient Rome are well-acquainted with the ...
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• What We Became, And Still Are...

  
  Reciprocity Failure — Authority: 472
  Remember all that wonderfully mellifluous bullshit about transparency ? If even the least of it were true, certainly this would not stand. Or this...
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