Torture Enters the Courtroom
By Andrew P. Napolitano For the first time in American history, a federal judge last week authorized the government to admit as evidence in a…
By Andrew P. Napolitano For the first time in American history, a federal judge last week authorized the government to admit as evidence in a…
Lawyers representing Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed al Qahtani are urging a federal judge to deny an effort by the Trump administration in its final days to reverse a…
By Janet Phelan In his report to the General Assembly of the UN on October 15, Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer delivered an incisive…
By Janet Phelan The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has issued a report which gives official acknowledgement—possibly for the first time—to aspects…
By Whitney Webb New allegations have surfaced claiming that Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet or Shabak, is engaged in the brutal torture of Palestinian detainees,…
By Janet Phelan The reports are in and the conclusion is unavoidable—a number of American citizens are stating they have been tortured by their own…
By Janet Phelan Dr. Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, recently published a call out for submissions on “Psychological Torture and Ill Treatment.” …