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  • January 2008

    • Canadian FM Apologizes for Torture List

      BBC  |  Jan 20, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Canadian FM Apologizes for Torture List

      (Newser) - Canadian foreign minister Maxime Bernier has apologized for the inclusion of the US and Israel on a list of countries in which prisoners risk being subjected to torture, the BBC reports. The list, part of a torture awareness guide for diplomats, cited US interrogation techniques and referred to its Guantanamo Bay facility. Both countries denounced their placement on the list. More »

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      Israel  • United States  • Guantanamo Bay  • Canada  • torture  • torture list  • Maxime Bernier

    • US Makes Canadian Torture List

      BBC  |  Jan 18, 08 6:40 AM CST

      US Makes Canadian Torture List

      (Newser) - The US, along with China, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and Israel, is listed in an official Canadian foreign ministry document of countries where prisoners are at risk of torture, the BBC reports. The "torture awareness" training manual classifies as torture some US interrogation techniques, including forced nudity, isolation, and sleep deprivation. More »

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      China  • Iran  • Afghanistan  • Israel  • United States  • Guantanamo Bay  • Canada  • torture  • Syria  • interrogation techniques  • sleep deprivation  • Amnesty International  • isolation  • torture list  • Canadian foreign ministry

  • August 2007

    • Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

      Salon  |  Aug 15, 07 9:50 AM CDT

      Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

      (Newser) - The American Psychological Association, long chummy with the CIA, is set to condemn tactics the spy agency has been using to interrogate terror detainees, writes Salon . Members have in the past worked with the CIA to design techniques: now the group wants to distance itself by formally opposing a long list of tactics they consider torture at the organization's yearly convention this weekend. More »

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      CIA  • torture  • psychology  • detainee  • abuse  • interrogation  • sleep deprivation  • water boarding  • torture list

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