Torture in the United States
Torture in the United States includes cases of torture reported in the United States and outside the USA by U.S. government workers.
Torture and the War on Terror
The United States and other countries involved in the War on Terror have used torture to get information from suspected terrorists.[1][2][3][4][5] Some of the most well known cases of torture involving the U.S. are the Abu Ghraib scandal and Guantanamo Bay.
Abu Ghraib Prison
Starting in 2004 there were reports of abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The New Yorker newspaper had an article in May 2004 about the abuse and the article had pictures that were taken by soldiers involved. According to an investigation by the Department of Defense called the Taguba Report, the military had been looking into the abuse since 2003. In the end nine soldiers were discharged from the military and sent to prison.[6][7]
Guantanamo Bay
Human rights organisations like Amnesty International have said CIA agents used waterboarding and other inhumane ways to get information out of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.[1] Because of the abuse President Barack Obama ordered the base to be closed down.[8][9]
Torture In The United States Media
Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana--Also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves
Water torture in Sing Sing, New York, 1890
Human rights critics have called the use of restraint chairs at Guantanamo Bay for force-feeding a form of torture.
Demonstration of waterboarding at a street protest during a visit by Condoleezza Rice to Iceland, May 2008
The U.S. and suspected CIA "black sites"* Extraordinary renditions allegedly have been carried out from these countries* Detainees have allegedly been transported through these countries* Detainees have allegedly arrived in these countries*Sources: Amnesty International Human Rights Watch
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "War on Terror | Global War on Terrorism". Archived from the original on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "Torture Scandal Timeline". Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "Binyam Mohamed: MI5, torture and terrorism". Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "Lawyers condemn UK over torture in 'war on terror'". Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "Top Bush aides pushed for Guantánamo torture". Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "The Road to Abu Ghraib". Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "Iraq: One year on the human rights situation remains dire". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "Obama Reverses Key Bush Security Policies". Retrieved 2009-03-29.
- ↑ "Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facilities". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-03-29.