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Evidence in US Government Documents Spurs Spanish Torture Investigation

Judge Baltasar Garzón, an investigating magistrate at the National Court in Madrid, Spain, has announced that he will investigate the US torture program at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Judge Baltasar Garzón will probe the “perpetrators, the instigators, the necessary collaborators and accomplices” to crimes of torture at the prison at the US naval base in southern Cuba, [...]

Medical Ethics in Crisis: ICRC Report Underscores Need for Investigation, Accountability

On the eve of World Health Day and just weeks from the fifth anniversary of the Abu Ghraib revelations, a newly-released International Committee of the Red Cross report (PDF) provides additional evidence documenting violations of medical ethics in detainee abuse, emphasizing the need for a full investigation to restore the ethical foundations of the health [...]

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