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FILE PHOTO: Protest against the military coup in Yangon

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

Prisoners of war (POWs) (not in uniform), wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walk ...
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

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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

A Navy guard patrols Camp Delta?s detainee recreation yard during the early morning at Guantanamo Bay naval base in a July 7, 2010 file photo provided by the US Army. President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Tuesday to give his plan to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a "fair hearing" and said he did not want to pass the issue to his successor when he leaves the White House next year. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/US Army/Handout via Reuters FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - TM3EC2N0XDD01
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

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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

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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.

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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.

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May 31

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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…

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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.

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Dec 12

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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…

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