Manfred Nowak
Manfred Nowak
Manfred Nowakis an Austrian human rights lawyer, who served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture from 2004 to 2010. He is Scientific Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights, and a former judge at the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina...
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I think there is ample evidence that both police and other security forces have been and are continuing to systematically practice torture, in particular against dissidents or people who are opponents of the regime.
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The practice of torture, though on decline particularly in urban areas, remains widespread in China.
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Torture is practiced systematically by the security forces, ... This was admitted by high officials of both the army and police.
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Torture and ill treatment are systematically practiced in Nepal by the police, armed police and the Royal Nepal Army in order to extract confessions and to obtain intelligence, among others things,
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If there is a substantial risk in a certain country like Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, etc., then diplomatic assurances cannot be used. If a country usually and systematically practices torture, then of course they would deny they were doing it because it is absolutely prohibited.
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The only condition that we did not accept was that we would have no access to detainees and I am very confident that since we accepted the invitation in the spirit of compromise, the United States will compromise,
convincing eu
It is important that the EU (plays) its part in convincing the U.S..
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My particular concern is the strong interest of the system that people finally admit guilt.
body endured particular starts weak
I think that described very, very well the situation. You get very, very weak because of not being able to move, and being in this particular position, of course, your whole body starts hurting. He endured it, but he felt, and I would agree, that this was torture.
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In forced feeding of hunger-strikers, if the accusations are true, the ways and means reach the level of torture.
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Either they should be released or brought before an independent court in the U.S. or in the country of origin to be judged there.
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Every secret place of detention is usually a higher risk for ill treatment, that the danger of secrecy.
impartial means
It only means that there is need for an impartial and independent investigation.
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It makes no sense (to go). You cannot do a fact-finding mission without talking to the detainees.