A new head could help repair the president’s relationship with the spy agency, but only if leaders stop playing politics with intelligence.
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Artículos sobre Torture
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There is something disconcerting about the Western move to denounce the human rights records of post-colonial states.
James Bond and Jason Bourne have little to tell us about modern spycraft.
Torture is the ultimate abuse of state power over the individual. If the US returns to using it, all hell could break loose.
The UK has yet to properly grapple with its past complicity in prisoner abuses and torture.
Time is fixed, but people experience hours, months and days in very different ways. One researcher has spent decades exploring this universal phenomenon.
Three key rulings by the UK Supreme Court and their legal implications.
Donald Trump says he supports torture. Can political leaders change his mind?
Psychologists have developed evidence-based interrogation methods that could be used as alternatives to torture.
A Canadian police force on Prince Edward Island is threatening drink drivers with Nickelback – continuing a tried and tested method of punishment.
From Long Range Acoustic Devices used to disperse protesters to ear-splitting military drones to songs blasted on rotation to prisoners, ours is an age in which sound has been repositioned as a tool of terror.
Tajikistan, a longstanding human rights violator, has been cracking down harshly on what’s left of its political opposition.
What’s shocking about the treatment of detainees in youth detention is not so much the treatment of those vulnerable people, but that it is happening in a wealthy country like Australia.
Does including torture or other human rights violations in video games trivialize the actions? Or might it force us to think more critically about them?
What was shown on Four Corners was cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment – if not torture.
The War on Terror-era programme of clandestine abductions and detentions wasn’t just an American initiative.
Thousands of people with mental illness are shackled in Indonesia even though the practice has long been banned. Why does the practice persist and how can we eliminate it once and for all?
GOP primary voters view Trump as a strong leader. Will general election voters see things the same way?
How did Washington get its hands on Guantánamo Bay – and why does its presence there still cause so much trouble?
The ACLU describes the release of photos of DoD detainees as an important victory for the cause of transparency, but are they?
Principales colaboradores
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Westminster
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Lecturer in Contemporary Intelligence Studies, University of Salford
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Professor of Psychology, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Northern Illinois University
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Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Ethics, Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard University
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Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Lecturer in Politics, Kingston University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer of Media Studies and Digital Media, University of Sussex
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Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
