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...BEEN THINKING lately about the civil rights implications of recent Supreme Court decisions, such as the approval of tax-supported nativity scenes or the continuation of federal funds to sexually discriminatory schools, here's a brutal reminder of what some people have to think about all the time...
Amnesty International (AI)'s newly released book, Torture in the Eighties, does not demean the constant American struggle over civil rights interpretation. But it does provide a healthy measure of perspective for American citizens--as a chilling, factual account of brutal practices little known in the industrial West. And while the action of such groups as Al, the United Nations, and other international organizations brings many cases of torture to light, the book still leaves one with "an underlying sense of pessimism about the prevention of such acts as the South Korean incident excerpted above...
...study is persuasive, largely because it is politically neutral. Equal criticism goes to brutal regimes of the left and the right; for example, both North and South Korea are cited for extensive use of torture. Also, Israeli treatment of West Bank Palestinians receives harsh condemnation...
...bodies, and Al itself The authors also list the various charters and declarations under which torture is outlawed. All of which should make the study a valuable resource for any individuals or groups concerned about stopping torture in their own country or rescuing a friend or relative from a brutal regime...
Even if the arrested students should eventually be acquired, that will give Harvard no excuse to discipline them by its own processes. The demonstrators were subjected to police action, including the threat or actuality of brutal action, thrown into jail, and obligated at least to seek legal help. In short, Harvard placed them on the in-basket of the judicial process, under circumstances where the University's power to extricate students was both practically and logically compromised...