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Thursday, November 13, 2014

'We crossed the line', US admits to UN anti-torture body


'We crossed the line', US admits to UN anti-torture body :  "In the wake of 9/11 attacks, we regrettably did not always live up to our own values," acting US legal advisor Mary McLeod said. Beyond the "war on terror" legacy, the committee members raised issues of abuses in US prisons, rape in prisons, the broad use of drawn-out solitary confinement, and long years on death row. 
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/we-crossed-the-line-us-admits-to-un-anti-torture-body/

Obama Administration Reverses Bush Policy, Says U.S. Torture Ban Applies Abroad:  Despite concerns from some civil libertarians that the statements today still allowed for some exclusions - such as U.S. government sites in other countries - Yale Law Professor Harold Hongju Koh praised the move. 
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/12/obama-administration-reverses-bush-policy-says-u-s-torture-ban-applies-abroad/
 

Doubt cast over US torture investigation as more CIA detainees come forward:  More lawyers for men allegedly tortured by the CIA are coming forward to say that the major US criminal investigation into torture never interviewed their clients. 
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/12/more-cia-detainees-come-forward-us-investigation-torture

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