TwopsychologistswhohelpeddesigntheCIA'spost-9/11interrogationprogramsettledalawsuitThursdaybydetaineesallegingtheywereillegallytortured.Thesecretsettlementinthe
Italy'sparliamentonWednesdayapprovedalong-awaitedlawcriminalizingtorture,butcriticssaidthelawhadbeensoheavilywatereddownthatmanyabusesmaystillgounpunished.Italy
Rights groups on Tuesday urged the Thai army to drop defamation charges against three activists over a landmark report on torture in the conflict-hit south, decrying the prosecution as an effort to silence critics.
The CIA brutal interrogation techniques cited in a recent U.S. Senate report has attracted attention about the plight of Pakistani prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and Bagram detention center in Afghanistan.
The U.S. use of torture when interrogating prisoners captured in its "war on terror" has damaged the country's moral high ground and set back the global fight against the condemnable practice, a UN human rights expert said Thursday.
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