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Witchcraft is an enduring source of fascination but also prone to popular misconceptions.
As a passionate and partisan defender of Allende’s socialism, Guzmán’s films celebrate popular protest and struggles for democracy and equality in Chile.
Practices used in detention in Australia such as spithoods and solitary confinement could amount to torture, according to international law.
January 20 is the deadline for Australia to have implemented a monitoring body in places like prisons and detention centres. The current monitoring bodies in place need more power and more funding.
Australia has been accused of “a clear breach” of its obligations under the United Nations anti-torture protocol.
The visit will place pressure on Australia to belatedly move ahead with its commitments under an anti-torture protocol.
The study highlights the flimsy boundaries between different forms of violence: torture and extrajudicial punishment, lawful arrest, and an unlawful kidnapping.
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Torture has investigated the ongoing persecution of Assange and his conclusions are damning.
Studying medication use in a traumatized population of immigrants required pharmacists to listen to and learn from trusted community health workers.
An expert on rape during war examines the emerging evidence from Ukraine that Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women and explains the role rape plays in conflicts.
It’s facile to claim that only the state, or even only elites, were responsible for executing witches – there is a potential witch-hunter in all of us.
The biggest challenge is that the government does not have a monopoly over the legitimate use of force.
I looked at the infamous Milgram experiment and seem to have made a shocking new discovery.
Governments declined to take part in the Uyghur Tribunal’s investigation. But the body of scholarly evidence for its claims, and its ruling, is thorough and extensive.
The Australian government signed up an additional three years to implement the UN Protocol to the Convention against Torture. There has been limited progress, particularly for First Nations people.
A scholar who has visited Guantanamo 11 times to observe legal proceedings in the 9/11 terrorism case explains why the conflict continues to delay the case going to trial.
Interviews with former torturers in Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq reveal what it takes to be a torturer – which could help explain how to reduce the number of people who get tortured around the world.
George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was an instant success when it was first published. His writings on totalitarianism and socialism continue to be relevant today.
Music is supposed to transcend the mundane and horrific. Yet it has also served as an accompaniment to torture and punishment.
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