torture

Agent will not be prosecuted over torture claims (AFP)

November 17th, 2010

An intelligence officer accused of having abused Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, pictured in 2009, will not be charged, the country's public prosecutor said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - An intelligence officer accused of having abused Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed will not be charged, the country’s public prosecutor said Wednesday.


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Castro accuses US of torture in ‘Cuban Five’ case (AP)

July 31st, 2010

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, right, shakes hands with Yailin Orta Rivera, Juventud Rebelde journalist and professor at the Communications College at the University of Havana, during a meeting with youth at the Havana Convention Center in Havana, Cuba, Friday July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Estudios Revolucion)AP - Fidel Castro accused U.S. authorities of torturing a convicted Cuban spy, telling a meeting of communist youths that the agent had been placed in solitary confinement in California.


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Court rules torture lawsuits against UK continue (AP)

July 14th, 2010

AP - Former Guantanamo detainees can proceed with lawsuits accusing Britain of complicity in torture overseas, a High Court judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting a government request to suspend the action.

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UK names judge to lead inquiry into torture claims (AP)

July 6th, 2010

AP - Britain will hold a judge-led inquiry into allegations that its spies were complicit in the torture of terror suspects held by the U.S. and other allies.

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Briton tells of torture during Iraq kidnap ordeal (AFP)

March 12th, 2010

Handout photo provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on December 31, 2009 shows Briton Peter Moore at the British Embassy in Baghdad. Moore, held hostage in Iraq for more than two-and-a-half years, has revealed harrowing details of the torture meted out to him by his captors(AFP/FCO/File)AFP - A Briton held hostage in Iraq for more than two-and-a-half years has revealed harrowing details of the torture meted out to him by his captors.


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