After nearly five years of fighting between the federal government and the American Civil Liberties Union over images of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, a federal appeals court ruled today that the photos must be made available to the public.
The movement against U.S. torture experienced a significant victory last week. The members of the American Psychological Association [APA] rejected the policies of their leadership, policies that abetted the Bush administration's program of torture and detainee abuse. By a vote of 59%, the members passed a referendum stating that APA members may not work in U.S. detention centers that are outside of or in violation of international law or the U.S. Constitution.
This aspirational document calls for groups to recognize the common humanity and sanctity of life of each person. Detainee human rights must be supported and any use of torture must be opposed. Human rights are not a purely secular idea, but have been expressed in the Christian tradition for centuries.
Produced by B’Tselem, this interview features Luai Ashkar, who was arrested in 2005 and declared a “ticking bomb” by Israeli security forces.
This 2007 PBS Frontline report investigates Vice President Dick Cheney’s true role in the Bush Presidency. The documentaries show Cheney and his lawyers hard at work behind the scenes in the “War on Terror,” seeking to give the President unprecedented power.
This article criticizes the American Psychological Association, which refuses to prohibit members from taking part in or acting complicitly in torture. The author argues that psychologists must work in favor of humanity instead of destroying it.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is condemning the recent attacks on Palestinian journalists by both governments of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority which are locked in a political power struggle.
This 2007 NPR report focuses on the confirmation hearing of Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey. During questioning, Mukasey refused to say that water-boarding is torture and declined to reject the use of the method.
The article spotlights an organization called the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. Twenty-seven religious leaders have signed a statement urging the United States to abolish torture at U.S. detention centers.
Errol Morris’ documentary examines the incidence of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
This documentary investigates the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
This PBS Frontline documentary from 2005 investigates the allegations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, and mainly tries to trace responsibility up the U.S. chain of command
This Youtube video was shot outside the Justice Department as Iranian-American Mamoud Ebrahimzadeh was water-boarded in a graphic anti-torture demonstration to protest the nomination of Michael Mukasey as U.S. Attorney General
Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1982, these core principles detail the integral role of healthcare personnel in preventing acts of torture.
B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, has gathered materials related to the use of torture in Israel and the Occupied Territories
Summarizes the 1999 Israeli High Court of Justice ruling on torture, which found that Israeli Security forces do not have the legal authority to use physical means of interrogation that are not reasonable and fair or that cause the detainee to suffer
ACRI works – through education, lobbying, legal action and the like – for the protection of human and civil rights of any individual or group in Israel and in the territories under its control.
Adalah is a non-profit legal center mainly intended to protect the rights of the Arab minority in Israel, in areas such as land rights, civil and political rights, cultural and religious rights, economic rights, women’s rights and prisoners’ rights.
ADDAMEER (Arabic for conscience) Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues.
AL-Dameer Association For Human Rights is a non-governmental organization interested in the defense of human rights
