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Torture is the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain or grief as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent, revenge or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. Torture is almost universally considered to be an extreme violation of human rights, as stated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Signatories of the Third Geneva Convention and Fourth Geneva Convention agree not to torture protected persons (enemy civilians and POWs) in armed conflicts, and signatories of the UN Convention Against Torture agree not to intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on anyone, to obtain information or a confession, to punish them, or to coerce them or a third person...
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Iran court begins trial of prison officials charged with murdering detainees
March 10, 2010
[JURIST] An Iranian court on Tuesday began the trial of 12 Iranian prison officials accused of torturing three prisoners to death, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) [official website, in Persian]. The three victims, identified as Mohsen Rouholamini, Mohammad Kamrani, and....... [more]
Federal judge allows Rumsfeld torture suit to proceed
March 7, 2010
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [official website] on Friday denied [decision, PDF] a motion to dismiss a torture suit brought against former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld [JURIST news archive] by two American citizens captured while working in Ir....... [more]
Lawmakers introduce bill requiring military interrogation of suspected terrorists
March 6, 2010
[JURIST] US lawmakers introduced a bill [text, PDF] Thursday that would require the military interrogation and trial of those taken into US custody who are suspected of links to terrorism. The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 was introduced by Senators John McC....... [more]
Leahy calls for release of DOJ e-mails from 'torture memo' lawyers
February 27, 2010
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official profile] said at a hearing Friday that he was prepared to subpoena [Harper's report] the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] if it did not turn over missing e-mail records of former....... [more]
Documents reveal CIA briefed lawmakers on enhanced interrogation techniques
February 25, 2010
[JURIST] The US Central Intelligence Agency [official website] (CIA) [official website] briefed lawmakers [press release] between 2001 and 2007 on the specifics of enhanced interrogation techniques, according to declassified documents [text, PDF] made public by Judicial Watch [advocacy website] on T....... [more]
Supreme Court rules two-year break in interrogation satisfies Edwards requirement
February 24, 2010
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] 9-0 in Maryland v. Shatzer [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the Edwards v. Arizona [opinion text] prohibition against interrogation of a suspect who has invoked the Fifth Amendment r....... [more]
UK rights group suing government over alleged overseas torture policies
February 23, 2010
[JURIST] UK rights group Reprieve [advocacy website] on Tuesday initiated legal action [text, PDF] against the UK government for its alleged use of torture policies overseas. Reprieve argues that the government's refusal to make such policies public [press release] suggests that the protocol is ille....... [more]
UK rights commission urges probe into torture collusion allegations
February 20, 2010
[JURIST] The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) [official website] on Saturday called for an independent investigation [press release] into allegations that the government had knowledge of and was complicit in the torture of Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and 24 other....... [more]
DOJ clears Bush administration lawyers of professional misconduct allegations
February 20, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has overruled the findings of a report [text, PDF] released Friday concluding that two Bush administration lawyers committed professional misconduct when they wrote memos [JURIST news archive] authorizing the use of certain interrogation....... [more]
Iran defends human rights record before UN council
February 15, 2010
[JURIST] Iranian official Mohammad Javad Larijani told the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] Monday that Iran is fulfilling its human rights obligations [video]. Larijani also said that the nation has implemented long-term plans to protect human rights [Reuters report]. Larijani rej....... [more]
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