World Oct 28 ‘There was no break – it was constant,’ investigation finds systemic torture of detainees by Myanmar’s military By Victoria Milko, Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press
World Jul 02 U.N. documents prisoners’ torture, abuse in Ukrainian conflict Friday's report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) noted that prisoners' abuse was particularly rampant in the initial stage of the seven-year conflict but continues to this day. By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press
Arts Nov 29 Watch 8:00 What new film ‘The Report’ says about the CIA and post-9/11 torture tactics Five years ago, a report was released on the torture tactics used against suspects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Now, that investigation is the subject of a new film, “The Report.” Jeffrey Brown speaks with director Scott Z. Burns about… By Jeffrey Brown
Nation Sep 19 Court calls U.S. ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ torture Abu Zubaydah has been held without charge since September 2006 at the detention center on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By Associated Press
World May 09 Watch 4:53 Gina Haspel vows never to resume CIA interrogation as Senate presses her on moral code Gina Haspel couldn't talk about her work for three decades. On Wednesday, she had to defend it. Haspel, who played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions in the years after 9/11, promised to never restart brutal interrogation…
May 09 Watch 7:59 The arguments for and against Gina Haspel as CIA director Should the Senate confirm CIA director nominee Gina Haspel? Nick Schifrin gets two views on her background and role in a controversial detention and interrogation program from John Rizzo, a former DIA chief legal officer, and retired U.S. Army Brig. Continue watching
Apr 20 Probe cleared Gina Haspel in destruction of waterboarding tapes, CIA memo says By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press A former top U.S. intelligence official says President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next CIA director was cleared of wrongdoing years ago. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 6:52 An Abu Ghraib ‘enhanced’ interrogator has a change of heart By PBS NewsHour The military’s use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques against suspected terrorists has always been a contentious topic, and now many of its former proponents are having second thoughts. Eric Fair served as an interrogator with a private contractor in Iraq, and… Continue watching
Mar 14 Rights watchdog says Nemtsov murder suspects were likely tortured By Daniel Costa-Roberts New details have come to light about the investigation into the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, including a report from a member of the Kremlin's human rights council indicating that Russian authorities likely tortured suspects in the case. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 3:19 New life in Uruguay for former Guantanamo detainees like ‘being born for the second time’ By PBS NewsHour Abu Wa'el Dhiab is one of six former Guantanamo detainees who were resettled in Uruguay this week, after being held for more than a decade without being charged. Cori Crider, lawyer for the former prisoner, talks to Judy Woodruff about… Continue watching