Torture

Solitary

June 9, 2024 Dr. J Human Rights, Philosophy, Politics, Torture, Weak Humanism 4 Comments

Several months ago, there was a story in the New York Times entitled “Two Decades in Solitary” recounting the story of Willie Bosket, who has spent 23 hours a day for the last 20 years in a 9×6 cell… all alone. I had intended to write a post about that story then, because I was…

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“A Good Day for the Rule of Law”

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Human Rights, Politics, Torture 0 Comments

As one of his first acts in Office– a long overdue one– Obama signed an Executive Order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within the year. What’s more, Obama’s order also included directives to end torture (such as waterboarding) in U.S. interrogration practices, shutter CIA “black site” prisons abroad, and end the practice of…

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