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# Torture

'I'm not a doctor but...': Ex-CIA chief defends rectal rehydration of inmates

Michael Hayden claimed the report is wrong when it says the technique was used for interrogation.

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Dec 12th 2014, 7:35 PM

# a hard rain's a-gonna fall

UN official calls for Bush and Cheney to be charged with torture

“It is now time to take action.”

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Dec 12th 2014, 1:08 PM

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Tortured: ‘They called a doctor to check if they could continue without killing me’

Torture survivor Juan Mendez looks back at his harrowing experience, and the challenges facing the global fight against torture, in his role as the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Torture.

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Dec 10th 2014, 8:00 PM

# CIA

Department of Foreign Affairs: Shannon Airport was not used to facilitate torture

A damning report into torture used by the US military was released yesterday.

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Dec 10th 2014, 6:13 PM

Voices

Opinion: If the USA practises torture, then so could any other country

Torture, as well as being abhorrent, doesn’t actually work: it yields unreliable results and can damage subsequent intelligence gathering.

Nov 2nd 2014, 7:30 PM

Voices

Column: Syria is the humanitarian tragedy of our generation, yet most people just shrug their shoulders

Massacres, hostage-taking, torture and sexual violence. These are the war crimes happening in Syria, yet why don’t we care, asks GOAL CEO Barry Andrews.

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Sep 12th 2014, 1:00 PM

# Genocide

Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of crimes against humanity

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were charged with crimes against humanity, genocide, religious persecution, homicide and torture.

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Aug 7th 2014, 6:45 AM

# Torture

Obama: US "tortured some folks" after 9/11, but critics should not be "too sanctimonious"

President Obama said “a lot of those folks were working hard and under enormous pressure, and are real patriots”.

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Aug 1st 2014, 9:46 PM

# Human Rights

Poland found to be complicit in US torture programme

The ruling makes Poland the first EU member state to be held to account for involvement in the CIA’s rendition programme.

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Jul 24th 2014, 2:00 PM

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Opinion: Once again, we've heard a depressingly familiar tune from Ireland on human rights

Ireland’s appearance before the UN Human Rights Committee was disappointing: we have not made the changes recommended four years ago.

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Jul 16th 2014, 1:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: Torture? It's an unnecessary evil

In a world traumatised by the threat of terrorism, attitudes to torture appear to be increasingly ambivalent.

Jun 26th 2014, 1:00 PM

Voices

Column: Five torture myths debunked

Torture is used more often than you think – and in countries you wouldn’t suspect.

Jun 26th 2014, 8:00 AM

# pop off

Amnesty International apologises to Iggy Pop over 'Justin Bieber' ad

The charity used the rocker’s image without his permission, and he wasn’t happy.

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Jun 25th 2014, 8:30 PM

# The Torture Files

RTÉ documentary reveals evidence about torture methods used in Northern Ireland’s past

It proves that methods used during internment in 1971 were sanctioned by the British state.

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Jun 3rd 2014, 10:02 PM

# Campaign

Torture is a 'global crisis' - but more than a third of people think it can be justified

Amnesty International launches its global anti-torture campaign today.

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May 13th 2014, 6:45 AM

Voices

Opinion: We fought the law but the law won – labelled 'foreign agents' in our own country

Our group uncovered ethnic profiling by police and discrimination against minority groups in Russia. So Putin’s “foreign agent” law was applied to take us down.

May 2nd 2014, 1:00 PM

# Waterboarding

The CIA 'misled' the public over harshness of torture regime

The report says that intelligence received from torture played no material part in finding Osama Bin Laden

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Apr 2nd 2014, 9:25 AM

# North Korea

UN declares North Korea's crimes on par with Nazism, apartheid and Khmer Rouge

The head of a UN inquiry has condemned North Korea’s extensive human rights abuses – including extermination, enslavement and sexual violence.

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Mar 17th 2014, 5:02 PM

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Column: There's a viral spread of increasingly restrictive laws curtailing human rights

The space in which human rights defenders can operate safely is steadily shrinking, with devastating consequences, writes Mary Lawlor.

Mar 14th 2014, 7:30 PM

# UNCAT

Symphysiotomy victims tell the UN about cruel and barbaric childbirth operations

The survivors have brought their search for justice to the United Nations Committee Against Torture.

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Mar 11th 2014, 11:00 AM

# Talks

Those guilty of torture in Ukraine must be held to account, says Gilmore

The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore is to meet with foreign ministers in Brussels today to discuss unrest in Ukraine, Syria and the Central African Republic.

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Feb 10th 2014, 7:58 AM

# phillipines

Police spin secret 'torture roulette' wheel to choose punishment for inmates

‘Torture consequences’ on the wheel included being hung upside down or being punched non-stop for 20 seconds.

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Jan 27th 2014, 6:30 PM

# Syria

'Only the chief of the battalion knew I was a girl': Meet Ola, the Syrian rebel

Driving instructor, medicines smuggler, rebel fighter, prisoner, exile…

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Jan 25th 2014, 9:15 AM

# Let's talk

Both sides in the same room for Syrian peace talks in Geneva today

Yesterday UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi shuttled between two rooms as each delegation were set apart.

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Jan 24th 2014, 7:02 AM

# Syria

War crimes report accuses Syria of torture and 11,000 executions

The report by three former war crimes prosecutors, based on thousands of photos smuggled out of the country, accuses Syria of large-scale killing and torture. (Note: graphic content).

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Jan 21st 2014, 8:00 AM

# Torture

Britain rejects Iraq torture claims

The British government says complaints to the International Criminal Court are “unnecessary”.

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Jan 12th 2014, 7:29 PM

# questions asked

UN anti-torture body questions Ireland's record on abortion and Magdalenes

It is the second time this month that a UN agency has voiced concerns about Ireland’s record.

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Nov 28th 2013, 8:28 PM

# War on Terror

Doctors and nurses 'complicit' in US torture of terrorism suspects

A two-year study found doctors designed and participated in torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at CIA and Pentagon-run prisons.

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Nov 4th 2013, 12:00 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you kick off your day.

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Nov 4th 2013, 8:46 AM

# Jamie Bulger

Jamie Bulger killer released from prison

Jon Venables had been locked up in 2010 for downloading images of child abuse.

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Sep 3rd 2013, 11:43 AM

# Germany

Over 40 Auschwitz guards to face German prosecutors

For decades German courts only prosecuted Nazi war criminals if evidence showed they had personally committed atrocities, but since a 2011 landmark case all former camp guards can be tried.

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Aug 27th 2013, 3:05 PM

# Australia

Court hears horrific details of Dutch woman raped 60 times over six weeks

The 21-year-old was tortured with a meat tenderiser and a gas torch while she was kept hostage at a hotel in Melbourne.

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Jul 13th 2013, 3:42 PM

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Column: "They put a gun to my head and told me to shut up or they would blow it off"

Miriam Isaura López Vargas was a mother and housewife going about her daily business when she was grabbed off the street by soldiers, tortured and raped. She is just one of the many caught in the crossfire between Mexico’s police and drug gangs.

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Jun 26th 2013, 12:58 PM

# Chile

PHOTOS: Chilean torture centre converted into homeless shelter

The shelter has been named after songwriter and director Victor Jara who was tortured and killed at the facility in 1973.

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Jun 18th 2013, 7:15 AM

# Extradition

UK: Approved extradition deal will see radical cleric surrendered after 20 year fight

Jordan’s parliament has approved an agreement with Britain on the extradition of suspects – including notorious radical cleric Abu Qatada who has been fighting extradition to Jordan to face terrorism charges, claiming he may be tortured there.

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Jun 12th 2013, 9:00 PM

# United Nations

Processes to handle Northern Ireland legacy issues not 'adequate'

A UN committee against torture will hear of a need to address human rights abuses of the past, linked to violence during The Troubles.

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May 7th 2013, 1:45 PM

# Shannon

Vigil at Shannon Airport marks 10 year anniversary of Iraq war

Anti-war group Shannonwatch said Ireland’s record in UN peacekeeping has been “tarnished” by complicity in the CIA rendition programme.

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Mar 10th 2013, 3:41 PM

# cannibal cop

'Cannibal cop' accused of plotting to torture victims weeps at end of trial

Former police officer Gilberto Valle, 28, is accused of conspiracy to kidnap young women, including his wife, whom he would then torture, kill and eat.

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Mar 7th 2013, 8:49 PM

Voices

Column: Domestic violence is an issue we're encouraged not to think about in Ireland

Following the horrendous Magdalene revelations, can we continue to pretend to ourselves that abuses aren’t happening right here and now in our society and in our homes, asks Paula McGovern.

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