http://torture.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for torture en Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:48:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038865 unknown@Netscape.com A FORMER US Army torturer has described the traumatic effects of American interrogation techniques in Iraq - on their victims and on the perpetrators themselves. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:48:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038865torturewarmilitaryinterrogationiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021454 unknown@Netscape.com This video pod from Current TV illustrates 'Waterboarding'. Do you think its Torture? You be the judge. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:30:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021454torturewaterboardinggenevaConventionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021566 unknown@Netscape.com This disregard for basic human rights has become de rigueur in the Bush administration. We all want to protect America by preventing terrorism and punishing individuals who target civilians with violence. But at the same time, we want to protect our American values of fairness and respect for the rule of law. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:59:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021566tortureRenditionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2020152 unknown@Netscape.com The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday questioned the continuing value of the Central Intelligence Agency's secret interrogation program for terrorism suspects, suggesting that international condemnation and the obstacles it has created to criminal prosecution may outweigh its worth in gathering information. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:45:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020152SenateciaDetentionstortureU.S.bushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2019812 unknown@Netscape.com A recently declassified investigation from the Department of Defense's Inspector General confirms "how the military training was 'reverse engineered' for use by American interrogators," training interrogators on more "effective" ways to elicit information Thu, 31 May 2007 23:31:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2019812torturewar8thAmendmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018386 unknown@Netscape.com The ACLU has filed suit charging that a Boeing subsidiary "knowingly provided direct flight services to the CIA that enabled the clandestine transportation of the men to secret overseas locations, where they were tortured and subjected to other 'forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment' under the agency's 'extraordinary rendition' progr Wed, 30 May 2007 19:21:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018386boeingtortureRenditionacluNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2016485 unknown@Netscape.com The phrase 'Verscharfte Vernehmung' is German for 'enhanced interrogation'. It's a phrase that appears to have been concocted in 1937, to describe a form of torture that would leave no marks. The methods, as you can see above, are indistinguishable from those described as 'enhanced interrogation techniques' by the president. Wed, 30 May 2007 05:38:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2016485interrogationtorturebushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013422 unknown@Netscape.com In his new book Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program, award-winning investigative journalist Stephen Grey tells the true story of what became of the CIA's torture program known by the euphemism "extraordinary rendition" and the airplanes that make the program run. Mon, 28 May 2007 15:37:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013422booksciatortureExtraordinaryRenditionwaronterrorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1986021 unknown@Netscape.com As the convicted Taliban fighter faced his first night in Adelaide's Yatala prison last night, the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, indicated the Government would not enforce the one-year gag order imposed by the US as part of the deal that freed him. Sun, 20 May 2007 22:46:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1986021davidhicksguantanamotorture1984News http://web2announcer.com/go/1939062 unknown@Netscape.com If we forfeit our values by signaling that they are negotiable in situations of grave or imminent danger, we drive those undecideds into the arms of the enemy. This way lies defeat, and we are well down the road to it. Thu, 17 May 2007 19:08:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1939062GeneralstortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1910376 unknown@Netscape.com Both former mayor Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) suggested they would support using the technique. Specifically asked about waterboarding, Giuliani said he would allow "every measure [interrogators] could think of and I would support them in doing it." Wed, 16 May 2007 06:28:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1910376GiulianiTancredotortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1813243 unknown@Netscape.com Sitting on Iraq's death row is a 25-year-old woman convicted in the slayings of three relatives. She says her husband carried out the killings and fled. She confessed to being an accomplice, she says, only after being tortured in police custody. Wed, 09 May 2007 18:48:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1813243iraqwariraqiwomendeathrolltortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1747165 unknown@Netscape.com WELL over a third of US combat troops deployed in Iraq condone torture to obtain information from an insurgent and nearly one in 10 acknowledge mistreating civilians, said a survey released today. Sat, 05 May 2007 03:03:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1747165torturemilitaryTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1689592 unknown@Netscape.com Canada's government conceded Monday that it has received reports from its officials about alleged torture in Afghan jails. Tue, 01 May 2007 07:13:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1689592canadiansreportedafghantortureclaimsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1646397 unknown@Netscape.com As the Democrats struggle to define their next step after the President's veto, I would like to suggest an additional approach to those under discussion: end US taxpayer support for sectarian police state actions carried out by branches of the Iraqi government. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:27:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1646397democratstorturewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1554949 unknown@Netscape.com Attar claimed his confession had been extracted through torture A Cairo court has sentenced a man with dual Egyptian-Canadian citizenship to 15 years in jail for spying. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:50:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1554949AttartorturespyingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1499642 unknown@Netscape.com The father of a GuantÃ;Æ;Ã;¡namo Bay, Cuba, detainee has written to a military panel that his son, as well as young children, were abused in a Pakistani prison by U.S. or proxy interrogators on the hunt for al Qaeda leaders. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:19:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1499642torture8thAmendmentguantanamoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1484146 unknown@Netscape.com So much of what has happened over the last six years seems a repetition of events drawn from English history, from the turbulent years from the Civil War to the Glorious Revolution-this could be said of the struggle over habeas corpus, which was right at the center of the conflict between Parliament and king, as seen in the Five Knights case of 162 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:47:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1484146torturerightslibertyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1477282 unknown@Netscape.com T he closed-door meetings held between presidential candidates and a dozen retired generals and admirals this weekend at Franklin Pierce Law Center were billed as an opportunity for robust debate about torture. Several of the generals have publicly criticized the Bush administration's policies on interrogation and worked with the nonprofit group t Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:27:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1477282torture8thAmendmentelectionsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1360315 unknown@Netscape.com The kidnapped translator for an Italian journalist was beheaded Sunday, a purported spokesman for the Taliban said. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed a NATO soldier, and violence in the east left four Afghans and two militants dead, officials said. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:14:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1360315TalibanterroristsafganistanbeheadingtortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1349503 unknown@Netscape.com An Iranian diplomat freed two months after being abducted in Iraq accused the CIA of torturing him during his detention, state television reported Saturday. The United States immediately denied any involvement in the Iranian's disappearance or release. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:05:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1349503usiranciatortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1342254 unknown@Netscape.com An Iranian diplomat freed last week after being abducted in Iraq in February has said he was tortured by his captors, including CIA agents. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:56:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1342254torturediplomatiranNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1287124 unknown@Netscape.com Here's what the Bush administration has done to the values, traditions and honor of the United States of America: An accused terrorist claims he confessed to heinous crimes so that agents of the U.S. government would stop torturing him, and no one is shocked or even surprised. There's reason to believe, in fact, that what the suspect says about tor Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:35:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1287124orwellguantanamotortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1272410 unknown@Netscape.com The terrorism suspect contends he was forced to admit to a role in the Cole bombing. A military law expert isn't surprised. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:24:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1272410SuspectdetaineetortureconfessionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1261331 unknown@Netscape.com The plea deal that allows Australian David M. Hicks to leave the detention facility here with a nine-month sentence was negotiated between defense attorneys and the convening authority for military commissions without the knowledge of prosecutors, lawyers from both sides said. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:27:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1261331davidhicksguantanamotorture1984News http://web2announcer.com/go/1136648 unknown@Netscape.com Accused al-Qaeda operative Jose Padilla was held in military detention without charges as an enemy combatant for 3 1/2 years, but his constitutional right to a speedy trial has not been violated, a federal judge ruled Friday. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:59:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1136648josepadillatorture1984speedytrialmarciagcookeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1005224 unknown@Netscape.com The struggle against torture and cruel treatment of prisoners by the U.S. received a major boost this week. In its recently concluded meeting, the National Association of Evangelicals board of directors last weekend endorsed an important new statement - An Evangelical Declaration of Torture: Human Rights in an Age of Terror. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:07:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1005224tortureinjusticeevangelicalsterrorismdetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/981913 unknown@Netscape.com The uncoupling of American evangelism from the administration of George Bush gathered pace yesterday when one of the largest national umbrella groups of socially conservative Christians issued a statement critical of US policy towards detainees and repudiating torture as a tactic in the war on terror. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:03:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/9819138thAmendmenttortureevangelicalsdetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/942988 unknown@Netscape.com Scorched is the right title for Wajdi Mouawad's play about Lebanon.The word "Lebanon" doesn't occur in the script and "the army invading from the south" the Israeli army, of course - remains preposterously anonymous. But any playwright who calls a town "Nabatiyeh: or refers to a prominent Shia figure called "Shamseddin Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:55:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/942988RobertFiskLebanontortureviatorontostageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/922275 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:04:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/922275tortureiraqPoliticswarpsychology http://web2announcer.com/go/874359 unknown@Netscape.com In a study which has examined forms of ill treatment during captivity, researchers have found that psychological torment and humiliation can inflict as much terror and trauma as physical torture. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:00:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/874359torturetraumastudyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/867505 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq's Interior Ministry has fired or reassigned more than 10,000 employees, including high-ranking police, who were found to have tortured prisoners, accepted bribes or had ties to militias, a ministry spokesman has disclosed. A soon-to-be-released internal inquiry also details 41 incidents of human rights abuse at the ministry. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:57:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/867505iraqSecurityministrytorturecorruptionpoliceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/829946 unknown@Netscape.com Complete with an aerodrome, railway line, barracks, dungeons, laboratories, operating rooms, crematoria, cinema, bar and Shinto temple, it rivalled for size the Nazis' infamous death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 3,000 to 12,000 men, women and children were murdered in Unit 731. But the atrocities committed there were physically far worse than in t Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:31:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/829946torturehistoryWWIIjapanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/824101 unknown@Netscape.com A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld a refusal to hear the case of a Lebanese-born German man who says he was tortured by the CIA, citing national security reasons. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:58:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/8241018thAmendmenttortureciasupremecourtNews http://web2announcer.com/go/826832 unknown@Netscape.com Ever since this season started it's been one rock after another hurled at 24 and FOX because of the torture and right-wing craziness that is supposedly shown on 24. But, now it's just getting a tad bit crazy even for my tastes. Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:43:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/82683224FoxtortureKieferSutherlandJackBauerNews http://web2announcer.com/go/759783 unknown@Netscape.com An Egyptian cleric allegedly kidnapped off the streets of Italy by CIA agents in 2003 claimed Sunday that the Americans who abducted him "savagely" tortured him while deporting him to Egypt for interrogation. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:48:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/759783ciatorture8thAmendmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/764660 unknown@Netscape.com 24 star Kiefer Sutherland has accepted an invitation from the U.S. military to teach army cadets it is wrong to torture prisoners. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:00:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/764660KieferSutherlandarmytortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/732521 unknown@Netscape.com America has deliberately driven hundreds, perhaps thousands, of prisoners insane. Now it is being held to account in a Miami court Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:56:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/732521torturePrisonersinsaneNews http://web2announcer.com/go/663656 unknown@Netscape.com Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, now awaiting execution, said in a sworn statement that he was tortured by U.S. personnel for three weeks after his 2003 arrest, according to a copy of the document made available by his lawyer. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:33:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/663656iraqVicepresidentTahaYassinRamadantortureusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/597147 unknown@Netscape.com Charges have been dropped against five out of seven soldiers on trial for abusing Iraqi civilians. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:51:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/597147iraqtorturesoldiersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/524409 unknown@Netscape.com A man with no face stares at me from the corner of a room. He pleads for help, but I'm afraid to move. He begins to cry. It is a pitiful sound, and it sickens me. He screams, but as I awaken, I realize the screams are mine. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:06:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/524409iraqwartortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/472779 unknown@Netscape.com At the end of a narrow lane that slices deep into the pine forests of northern Poland, a sign in four languages improbably announces that you have arrived at an international airport. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:28:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/472779ciasecretflightstorturePolandNews http://web2announcer.com/go/318636 unknown@Netscape.com Attorney General Alberto Gonzales'remarks that "there were assurances sought that he [Canadian detainee, Maher Arar], would not be tortured from Syria," infuriated Senator Patrick Leahy. Leahy objected, "Assurances? From the country that President Bush recently described as the "crossroads for terrorism"? Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:40:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/318636AlbertoGonzalestortureExtraordinaryRenditioninvestigationsenatorPatrickLeahyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/310438 unknown@Netscape.com Fernando Botero's suite of paintings and drawings depicting the torture of Iraqi prisoners at the hands of their American jailers in Abu Ghraib prison, will at last be exhibited in an American museum. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:11:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/310438artistFernandoBoteroiraqiPrisonersAbuGhraibtorturepaintingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/284669 unknown@Netscape.com For almost 60 years, the evidence of Britain's clandestine torture programme in postwar Germany has lain hidden in the government's files. Harrowing photographs of young men who had survived being systematically starved, as well as beaten, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme cold, were considered too shocking to be seen. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:47:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/284669ukbritaintorturewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/250283 unknown@Netscape.com Democrats have been compiling a list of preferred torture methods to give George Bush a taste of his own medicine. Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:17:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/250283democratstortureGeorgewbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/162006 unknown@Netscape.com European former inmates of the US-run Guantanamo Bay prison, most of whom returned home after long, harsh detentions without ever being convicted of a crime, remain angry about what happened to them there. Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:00:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/162006guantanamotorturePrisonersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/133404 unknown@Netscape.com Evidence of prisoner abuse at GuantÃ;Æ;Ã;'Ã;â;;Ã;¡namo is overwhelming - and it hasn't made anyone safer. Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:31:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/133404powGuantanomotortureCampsdetaineesNotProsecutedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/48876 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:00:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/48876Videoanimationpost-itartstopmotionPoliticstorturegovernmentUSAcorruption http://web2announcer.com/go/2655 unknown@Netscape.com Political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel will not be prosecuted for humiliating or degrading wartime prisoners under amendments to a war crimes law drafted by the Bush administration, it was reported Wednesday. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:20:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2655Newswar crimesbushtorture