Recently declassified documents on the Bush administration interrogation program describe several techniques used on detainees in US custody, some of which may have violated the United Nations Convention Against Torture, to which the United States is a signatory.
The “purpose” of the abdominal slap is defined in the documents as being “to instill fear and despair, to punish selective behavior and to instill humiliation or cause insult.”
OHCHR condemned this week’s attacks as abhorrent and said they reflected a wider pattern of increased...
Two Israeli soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian detainee were met with cheers as they arrived...
