Torture definition: If someone is tortured , another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period… | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples Definition of ’torture’ Word Frequency torture ( t ɔ rtʃər ) Word forms: tortures , torturing , tortured 1. transitive verb If someone is tortured , another person deliberately causes them terrible pain over a period of time,...
The European Union is strongly opposed to any kind of acts of torture. The Council today adopted the following conclusions on the revised Guidelines on EU policy towards third countries on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: “1. The Council welcomes the Guidelines on EU Policy Towards Third Countries on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or...
[This is the first of a two-part post on the tenth anniversary of the Abu Ghraib scandal. I’ve broken it in half for easier reading.] No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture. [This is the first of...
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In connection with ongoing litigation, the Department of Justice today released four previously undisclosed Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) opinions – one that OLC issued to the Central Intelligence Agency in August 2002 and three that OLC issued to the CIA in May 2005. “The President has halted the use of the interrogation techniques described in these opinions, and this...
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