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22 Dec 2014, 10:46 am
Just as the victims of CIA torture named in the Senate torture report deserve justice, so do those who aren't in the report. [read post]
28 Apr 2024, 8:05 am
Among these cases, 492 involved sexual violence against 761 victims. [read post]
4 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm
And more than two-thirds reported being very or somewhat concerned that they, a friend, or a relative would be “the victim of a future terrorist attack in the United States. [read post]
26 Oct 2023, 6:31 am
The 2021 report isn’t any better; it similarly recites the laws that prohibit torture and/or, at least in theory, allow victims to seek remedies. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 7:17 am
He also has served as a medical and legal adviser to the Center for Survivors of Torture in Texas. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 9:25 am
Luban and Henry Shue (Georgetown University Law Center and University of Oxford) have posted Mental Torture: A Critique of Erasures in U.S. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 9:11 am
The court’s order serves to safeguard potential victims as the case accuses Syria of breaching the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 9:49 am
As observed in an ACLU/PEN American Center op-ed published by The New York Times recently, brave men and women throughout the military and the government challenged the Bush administration’s policies, called out abuses, and refused to participate in a torture program that they believed was illegal and immoral. [read post]
21 Jun 2017, 7:30 am
The motion came at the end of a months-long evidence-gathering process that was historic for survivors and victims of torture: It was the first time key people responsible for the program ever had to answer questions under oath in a civil lawsuit about torture. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 12:48 pm
While at the Center for Constitutional Rights, Steven represented Arar in a case against U.S. officials for their participation in his rendition and torture. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 10:12 am
The injury lawsuit was filed under the Alien Tort Statute, a law dating back to the 1700s that can allow damages when international laws are broken, as well as the Torture Victims Protection Act. [read post]
1 Jul 2008, 3:24 pm
Canadian rendition victim Maher Arar has been denied relief by the U.S. [read post]
4 May 2008, 3:11 am
[but a] life sentence is a whole lot worse - it's torture. [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 1:45 pm
Our goal is no safe haven for torturers. [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 9:11 am
Torture is about dominating the victim for a variety of purposes, including public order; control of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities; and— critically—domination for the sake of domination. [read post]
17 Oct 2012, 6:03 pm
The ABA Journal has more on the case being brought by two legal clinics, including Northwestern's Roderick MacArthur Justice Center. [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 6:00 am
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said that it had documented the names of 13,608 people who died between March 2011 and August 2018 from torture inside Syrian regime detention centers. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 7:30 am
The three victims, Mohammad Kamrani, Amir Javadi-far and Mohsen Ruholamini, were tortured and beaten to death at the Kahrizak detention center after being arrested during anti-government protests that followed last year's disputed presidential election [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 1:53 pm
Army medical center in Al Asad, Iraq. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 3:09 pm
The task of extracting a narrative from this intimidating pile of documents was left to Larry Siems, Director of Freedom to Write at the PEN American Center. [read post]
