Empire of Lies and Torture
Against The Current vol. 111
The Editors
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1113
Date Written: 2004-07-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2004
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13049
The prohibition of torture in international conventions is absolute. There are no exceptions for so-called "ticking bombs," for "high-value terrorists" or "illegal enemy combatants" or similar improvised fictions—or for extraterritorial prison camps (Guantanamo) where the jailers exercise absolute power but somehow disclaim the legal responsibilities of "sovereignty."
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