Word: inhumanly
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...Muslim, I am frightened that presumed religious fundamentalists have been so psychologically and physically tortured that they have tried to kill themselves (suicide, according to Islam, sends one straight to hell); and as a U.S. citizen, I am upset and find it morally unacceptable that inhuman acts are committed in our country's name. Salem Samra, M.D. New Haven, Connecticut...
...Muslim, I am frightened that presumed religious fundamentalists have been so psychologically and physically tortured that they have tried to kill themselves (suicide, according to Islam, sends one straight to hell); and as a U.S. citizen, I am upset and find it morally unacceptable that inhuman acts are committed in our country's name. Salem Samra, M.D. New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. The detentions at Gitmo are immoral, illegal by international standards and profoundly un-American. It's time to shut this abomination down before we create even more enemies than we already have. We should try the detainees...
...government engages in this abuse; as a Muslim, I am frightened that presumed religious fundamentalists have been so psychologically and physically tortured that they have tried to kill themselves (suicide, according to Islam, sends one straight to hell); and as a U.S. citizen, I find it morally unacceptable that inhuman acts are committed in our country's name...
...practice "utterly alien to the European tradition," an awful lot of European nations were apparently willing to help. So is Europe serious about opposing torture? On paper, yes: Section I, Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights states: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." But torture is one of those areas where European reality is a bit messier than theory. In 2000, Amnesty International pointed to a troubling number of reports of ill treatment within Europe, many pertaining to the alleged abuse of asylum seekers. The implications...
...first clear warning sign came in January 2005 during the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Reinterpreting the meaning of a U.S. reservation to the Convention Against Torture, Gonzales claimed that the treaty’s prohibition of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” (also known as “CID”) did not apply to non-Americans held by U.S. forces outside the United States. Other governments abuse detainees clandestinely, but the Gonzales testimony made the United States the only government in the world to affirm the power...