Jesse SchecknerMarch 24, 2023
8min0
The Governor previously said his job at the base included recommending things like force-feeding.
Tag: torture
Jesse SchecknerMarch 24, 2023
Associated PressSeptember 18, 2022
9min0
Autopsies will follow, and the details of the sites recorded and passed on to investigators looking into potential war crimes.
Associated PressFebruary 3, 2022
10min0
The Games are a reminder of both China’s rise and its disregard for human rights.
Ryan NicolDecember 7, 2020
4min978
Portal Contreras says he was abused in prison following his 2018 prosecution.
Scott PowersApril 6, 2017
5min352
Many of the members of the House Judiciary Committee were reduced to fighting off sobs Thursday after hearing a half-dozen survivors’ stories from Florida’s horrific Dozier School for Boys reform school, which one survivor, Robert Straley, dubbed “a beautiful hell” for the picturesque grounds maintained for misleading appearances. One after another described the trips to the […]
Martin DyckmanFebruary 15, 20168min202
John McCain took the Senate floor last week to speak from his heart. It is a heart that beats in a body still bearing the effects of the tortures he endured as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. What he said deserves every Floridian’s thoughtful attention before the March 15 primary. Here is where you […]
Associated PressAugust 13, 2015
4min131
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the U.S. government. “I don’t want to make a definitive, blanket kind of statement,” Bush told an audience of Iowa Republicans, when asked whether he would keep in place or repeal President Barack Obama‘s executive […]
Guest AuthorDecember 22, 201412min201
Senator Ron Wyden has a petition up at MoveOn.org that reads, “Right now, torture is banned because of President Obama’s executive order. It’s time for Congress to pass a law banning torture, by all agencies, so that a future president can never revoke the ban.” It goes on to explain: “We live in a dangerous […]
Guest AuthorDecember 17, 20144min185
We have known for the past 10 years that our government tortured prisoners in our war against terrorism. Our leaders told us that these were bad men, unworthy of the rights granted under the Geneva Convention. They claimed to have obtained valuable information that prevented further attacks, saved American lives and led to the killing […]
Adam WeinsteinDecember 11, 2014
6min175
Ban them all. We should never again allow a livelihood in media or government or think-tanking for any politician, any general, any pundit who ever argued that the United States of America needs to torture captives in order to keep its citizenry safe. Thanks to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture released this […]