Torture is not the Answer
Torture is the act of causing extreme pain as a way of forcing someone to do or say something against his or her will. If someone knows key information of an upco...
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In his article "Tortured Logic" by Charles Levendosky, concludes that if a nation commits to using torture, "even under the most restricted and controlled circumstances- the sadomasochistic power unde...
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The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed an anti-torture statement saying the United States has crossed "boundaries of what is legally and morally permissible" in its treatment of deta...
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In the gardening world, the summer doldrums are brought on by two things: weeding and watering. They usually set in around July 4, but this year they came early. After transplanting dozens of green...
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Russia's war-scarred Chechnya region continues to be plagued by torture and unlawful detentions, with human rights violations rarely investigated, a European anti-torture committee said Tuesday.The...
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It didn't get a lot of attention, but in mid-December, U.S. forces in Iraq discovered an al Qaeda torture center north of Baghdad. Muqdadiya is about 60 miles north of the capital. American soldier...
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Torture has always been a word that stirs the CIA to hot denials of its practice, despite copious documentation to the contrary. The CIA's earliest years saw the importing of Nazi torture technicia...
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An endangered pet tortoise named Bob was stolen from his home and violently mutilated, authorities said, but is recovering.Bob was snatched from his owners' yard last weekend, stabbed, slashed and ...
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Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey said Wednesday the president doesn't have the authority to use torture techniques against terrorism suspects, a stance not taken by predecessor Alberto Go...
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CAIRO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A Cairo court sentenced two
policemen to three years in prison on Monday for torturing a man
in a case that sparked public outrage in Egypt and drew
criticism from interna...
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Prisoners who endure poor or degrading treatment suffer much of the same long-term psychological distress as do captives who are tortured, suggests a study published Monday.The study was based on i...
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Torture Is Not the Answer
Evangelicals condemn torture
