In Remote Prison, Disputes Flared Over Interrogations
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Disagreements over the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, the first Osama bin Laden henchman captured by the U.S., foreshadow a debate over interrogation methods.
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Amid reports that it will be closed, hardliners and pragmatists in the Administration continue to wrestle over the future of the detention facility
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The international Red Cross said Tuesday that U.S. officials have failed to address concerns about some significant problems in the treatment of terror suspects detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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The case of a painter on death row walks a thin line between 'murderabilia' and prisoners' rights.
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Beatings with bottles, sleep  deprivation and threats of violence against relatives are all  routine forms of torture in detention centres in the rebellious  Russian region of Chechnya, former inmates say.
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The Bush administration&#39;s aggressive techniques for extracting information from detainees captured in Afghanistan and Iraq sparked sharp dissent
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When a Federal Bureau of Investigations officer says interrogations of Iraqi prisoners are too rough, that the techniques amount to âtorture,â youâd think somebody would listen.
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RAYMONDVILLE, Tex. -- Ringed by barbed wire, a futuristic tent city rises from the Rio Grande Valley in the remote southern tip of Texas, the largest camp in a federal detention system rapidly gearing up to keep pace with Washington's increasing demand for stronger enforcement of immigration laws.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Videotapes of riot squads subduing troublesome terror suspects at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay show the guards punching some detainees, tying one to a gurney for questioning, and forcing a dozen to strip from the waist down, according to a secret report. One squad was all female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners.
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A new video-teleconferencing system is allowing prisoners at a major US military base in Afghanistan to speak with their relatives  -  the first time some detainees have talked to anyone outside the secretive facility in years
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Nearly 10 months after reports of inmate abuse first surfaced, at least one parent disputes claims of progress in reforming the agency that oversees the Texas juvenile prison system.
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After conducting several phone and in-person interviews and allegedly recording material from prison, Jamal &quot;Shyne&quot; Barrow&#39;s phone privileges have been taken away pending an investigation into his unauthorized use of prison facilities.
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Concerns about rehabilitation and conditions at Peterhead Prison are revealed in an official report.
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Uncooperative Guantanamo Bay detainees  were regularly subjected to highly abusive treatment over a  long period of time, unidentified guards at the U.S. military  base, intelligence agents and others who worked in the prison  told The New York Times.
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The Republican debate in Columbia, South Carolina on May 15 broached the issue of 'enhanced interrogation techniques' and torture, and whether or not the use of either is legitimate. &nbsp;Ron Paul and John McCain were the only two in the whole field who called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' a euphemism for torture, and they were the only two who expressly rejected the use of these techniques. Ron Paul at one point accused Brit Hume, a Fox News moderator, as well as the other candidates, of engaging in 'newspeak.' &nbsp; This was a big highlight for me, even though I have, for years, resisted the urge to simply compare Fox News or the Bush administration to the societies described by George Orwell in his novels. I always rejected it as overly simplistic, or as breathless left-wing hysteria on par with 'OMG BUSHITLER' and the like. I must admit however that the exchange was getting pretty surreal until Ron Paul pointed it out. But that was hardly the strangest thing that happened. That would be the exchange between Paul and Giuliani, facilitated by moderator and all-around Fox News hack Wendell Goler. Paul comported himself well in spite of the openly hostile treatment by Fox News and some of his opponents, notching 2nd place in the Fox News text message poll. This is notable because Paul's positions on almost every issue stand in stark contrast to those of his opponents. Links, transcript, and some thoughts below the fold, with a poll.
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Bugging carried out 'nationwide' The furore over police bugging operations conducted in prison visiting rooms has widened somewhat, with allegations that significant numbers of conversations between prisoners and their legal representatives may have been taped. Angry lawyers are speculating that this could invalidate an unknown number of convictions and see dangerous criminals set free.â¦
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (IPS) - The torture of Iraqi prisoners in the Abu  Ghraib  prison outside Baghdad and the willful abuse and humiliation of   terror suspects in the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay  have been  interpreted by human rights activists as violations of  the 1987 U.N.  Convention Against Torture.