Tag Archives: Torture

Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria

CAIRO — An international human rights group said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers recently captured by rebel fighters contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by ... Read more

Afghans Say an American Tortured Civilians

MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan — The authorities in Afghanistan are seeking the arrest on murder and torture charges of a man they say is an American and part of a Special Forces unit operating in Wardak ... Read more

World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Officer Is Sentenced to 15 Years for Torturing Suspect to Death

A police officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for torturing an ultraconservative Muslim to death, a rare lengthy term for a policeman convicted of abuse. The Criminal Court in Alexandria ... Read more

U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes

WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that “it is indisputable that the United ... Read more

World Briefing | Europe: Italy’s President Grants Pardon in Rendition Case

Italy’s president on Friday pardoned a United States Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in 2009 for the abduction of an Egyptian terrorism suspect from a Milan street in an ... Read more

C.I.A.’s Harsh Interrogations Pose Hurdles for John Brennan

WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan’s first difficult challenge at the C.I.A. may not be confronting the agency’s future, but its past. Mr. Brennan, whose nomination is expected to be ... Read more

C.I.A.’s Harsh Interrogations Pose Hurdles for John Brennan

WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan’s first difficult challenge at the C.I.A. may not be confronting the agency’s future, but its past. Mr. Brennan, whose nomination is expected to be ... Read more

C.I.A.’s Harsh Interrogations Pose Hurdles for John Brennan

WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan’s first difficult challenge at the C.I.A. may not be confronting the agency’s future, but its past. Mr. Brennan, whose nomination is expected to be ... Read more