George W. Bush Should Face Probe Over Post 9/11 Torture: Amnesty Int'l
Former US President George W. Bush should be investigated for his role in the CIA torture program, Amnesty International’s US director Steven Hawkins said in a statement released Tuesday in light of the publication of a US Senate Committee report on the CIA's torture practices. - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 17:54 GMT
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CIA Torture Methods ‘Far Worse’ Than Presented to Policy Makers: US Senate
Interrogation techniques used against terror suspects by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were brutal and far worse than the agency presented to policy makers and the American public, a US Senate report released Tuesday revealed. - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 17:17 GMT
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CIA Avoided Congressional Oversight, White House Review: Torture Report
The lobby of the CIA Headquarters building in McLean, Virginia. - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 17:07 GMT
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Obama Vows Torture Methods Not to Be Used After CIA Torture Report Release
President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Washington. - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 16:47 GMT
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Release of CIA Torture Report Should Not End Investigations: HRW
In this 2005 file photo, a workman slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 14:39 GMT
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Was Britain Involved in ’Unauthorised’ Torture by CIA?
Man in detention - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 14:17 GMT
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Release of CIA Torture Report Could Spark Violence Overseas, Protests
As the CIA torture report is scheduled for release, US mobilizes response teams of up to 2,000 in various locations around the globe to prevent potential violence. - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 13:26 GMT
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What You Need to Know About New CIA Torture Report
Protest against torture in Washington. - Sputnik International
9 December 2014, 12:30 GMT
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CIA Torture Report Could Endanger US Foreign Facilities: White House
View of an entrance to the building of headquarters of CIA - Sputnik International
8 December 2014, 20:58 GMT
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Amnesty Int'l Condemns Continuous Use of Torture by Philippine Police
Unaccountability allows police officers in the Philippines to continue using torture for extortion and the extraction of confessions, Amnesty International said Thursday. - Sputnik International
4 December 2014, 15:39 GMT
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Ukrainian Forces Using Torture Against Captives: Russian Foreign Ministry
Ukrainian law enforcers are actively torturing their captives, Russian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. - Sputnik International
3 December 2014, 16:26 GMT
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CIA Torture Report to Be Released Soon: Senate Intelligence Committee Chair
Senate will soon release a CIA Torture Report, the document that uncovers uncomfortable facts behind the US administration's enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA overseas to obtain information from prisoners. - Sputnik International
2 December 2014, 12:38 GMT
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UN Torture Watchdog Slams US For Police Brutality in Ferguson
A policeman and member of the National Guard detain a man, who was demanding justice for the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, outside the Ferguson Police Department in Missouri November 28, 2014. - Sputnik International
29 November 2014, 06:10 GMT
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Ireland Must Resue UK for Torturing 14 'Hooded Men': Amnesty International
he Irish government must refile the suit to the European Court of Human Rights against the United Kingdom for allegedly torturing 14 men imprisoned in Northern Ireland in 1971. - Sputnik International
24 November 2014, 19:11 GMT
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Former CIA Director Urges US Public to Examine All Sides of Torture Report
Former Director of the CIA Michael Hayden - Sputnik International
21 November 2014, 03:59 GMT
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US ‘Crossed the Line’ in Handling Detainees Since 9/11: State Department
The committee has raised accusations of abuses in US prisons, rape in prisons and the army, the broad use of drawn-out solitary confinement and long years convicted criminals remain on death row. Aside from that, the panel also sought clarifications regarding a report indicating that the CIA used torture and so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, such as methods involving sexual humiliation, waterboarding, short shackling and the use of dogs to induce fear. - Sputnik International
13 November 2014, 11:11 GMT
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US Must Commit Itself to Justice at UN Hearings on Torture: Amnesty Int'l
Amnesty International - Sputnik International
12 November 2014, 11:16 GMT
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Urge Obama to Release US Torture Report
The laureates called on Obama, who himself won the Peace Prize in 2009, to release a long-delayed Senate report on the Central Intelligence Agency, as lawmakers wrestle over which sections of the document's 480-page executive summary should be made public. - Sputnik International
27 October 2014, 17:57 GMT
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