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Experiments in Torture: Action and Media Recap

By Ben Greenberg on June 15, 2010

Last Monday, June 7, PHR released Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Experimentation in the “Enhanced” Interrogation Program to immediate, overwhelming response.
Upon release of the report, PHR issued a statement and held a press conference. In the first 24 hours, PHR received over 467 press mentions. Major press covering the story on day 1 [...]

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Did the CIA Experiment on People? Demand an Investigation!

By Frank Donaghue on June 11, 2010

PHR’s new report, Experiments in Torture, has sent shock waves through the conscience of America this week. This report reveals evidence indicating that the Bush administration may have conducted illegal and unethical human experimentation and research on detainees in CIA custody.
This research, if proven to have occurred, could violate the Geneva Conventions, The Common Rule, [...]

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