Joanne Mariner
Joanne Mariner
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A six-week regime of sleep deprivation, forced exercises, stress positions, white noise, and sexual humiliation amounts to acts that were specifically intended to cause severe physical pain and suffering and severe mental pain and suffering. That's the legal definition of torture.
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It's not a good time. Since early July there's been a real wave of arrests and harassment, and acts of repugnance. Being a dissident in Cuba is an incredibly precarious life.
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Substantial and credible information has now been published that the U.S. carried out abduction and extraordinary renditions, and enforced disappearances on European soil.
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They are out there campaigning and they know there is no chance of prosecution. It's another reason to be pessimistic about Haiti.
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During his tenure as police chief there were credible reports of summary executions of gang members by police.
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European governments have little interest in revealing these (CIA) activities that are covert.
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The question at this point is not whether Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, it's whether he should be indicted.
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There are very daunting obstacles to carry out this investigation successfully. They have little interest in revealing these activities that are covert.
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There is no doubt that the United States held and tortured detainees. The only doubt is whether these detainees were being held on European soil.