Amnesty Frowns on US Interrogation Practices
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Posted October 27, 2004 -- A leading human rights organization has asked the next president of the United States to review Americaâs policies on interrogation, given the âtorture, cruelty and degradationâ associated with the war in Iraq.
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The United States is violating international law by holding prisoners in its war on terror incommunicado and in secret hiding places, Human Rights Watch said in a report to be published on Tuesday calling for an end to such practices.
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Amnesty International raised  concerns on Wednesday over President Felipe Calderon's use of  troops to control Mexico's spiraling drug violence, fearing  rights abuses and echoing worries of the United Nations.
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LONDON -- The United States has not upheld obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading behavior in the war on terror launched after Sept. 11, 2001, Amnesty International said today.
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The International Committee of the  Red Cross (ICRC) has accused the U.S. military of using tactics  "tantamount to torture" on prisoners at the U.S. Navy base in  Guantanamo Bay, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Frances Williams in Geneva. The International Committee of the Red Cross has accused the US of using psychological and physical pressure to interrogate prisoners at
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The U.N. human rights chief expressed concern Wednesday at recent U.S. legislative and judicial actions that she said leave hundreds of detainees without any way to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.
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A British detainee at Guantanamo Bay has claimed he was subjected to &quot;vindictive torture&quot; and death threats by the United States Authorities.
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In its fight against terrorism, the United States has eroded rights worldwide, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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There are fresh allegations that prisoners under US custody in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered serious physical abuse from their interrogators.
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The US is listed as a country where prisoners are at risk of torture in a Canadian foreign ministry training manual.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has accused the tactics used on prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the US military as &quot;tantamount to torture,&quot; The New York Times reported this week.
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A human rights group accuses the US of holding al-Qaeda suspects at secret locations in violation of legal norms.
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United Nations human rights   investigators said on Thursday that legislation proposed by   President Bush for tough interrogations of foreign terrorism   suspects would breach the Geneva Conventions.
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SCRANTON, Pennsylvania  - The United States is exposing deportees to the risk of torture by accepting the word of foreign governments that prisoners won't be tortured if sent home, lawyers for an Egyptian detainee argued on Thursday.
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The controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding and used by the United States qualifies as torture, the U.N. human rights chief said on Friday.
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The human rights group Amnesty International has issued a new report blaming the US administration for fostering what the group calls a &quot;war mentality&quot; that led to the torture of prisoners as well as other violations of the Geneva Conventions.