by Sr. Dianna Ortiz, OSU Below, read the preface from The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse by Marjorie Cohn, available directly from Truthout: Experience, we are told, is a great … Continue reading BOOK EXCERPT: U.S. nun tortured in Guatemala recalls the nightmare
TORTURE: Avoiding impunity – the need to broaden torture investigations
by Marjorie Cohn, on Jurist President Barack Obama declared "nobody's above the law" in 2009, as Congress contemplated an investigation of torture authorized by the Bush administration. However, Obama has … Continue reading TORTURE: Avoiding impunity – the need to broaden torture investigations