There is no torture at Guantanamo Bay but without the carrot of release it is not easy to get information from the men.
However, Doctor Abdul-Kallek Abdulla, a professor of political science in the UAE, told BBC Radio Five Live there was no proof to support the torture claims and "absolutely no truth" to the allegations heard in the British media.
"There was no evidence of torture on prisoners' bodies, but they claimed that they had been tortured, " Mr Qazi said.
But moral clarity and America's standing in the world demand that the burden of proof be on those who can find no alternative to torture.
Over two decades ago, President Reagan signed, and a bipartisan Senate coalition ratified this landmark document, which affirms the essential principle that under no circumstances is torture ever justified.
Politicians of all parties have insisted that torture plays no part in British security policy.
They have assured British authorities that no evidence gained through torture would be used against the preacher.
Jordan has agreed to change its law to ensure that no evidence obtained by torture could be used in his case.
"To read how she suffered years of sexual torture with no hope and then was able to find the strength and courage to come forward is truly remarkable, " Mr. Hynes said afterward.
When a technique induces such fear and stress, so much emotional and physical pain, that it causes a victim to break and reveal what he has desperately tried to withhold, that is torture, no matter how sanitary the environment.
All big human-rights agreements concluded since the end of the second world war contain absolute bans on torture, with no exceptions.
Finally, sometime in October of 1985, Buckley died of pneumonia, no doubt stemming from the lengthy torture sessions.
Those responsible for committing torture in Nepal can no longer assume they are beyond the reach of the law in other countries.
What I have said is that my administration is going to operate in a way that leaves no doubt that we do not torture, and that we abide by the Geneva Conventions, and that we observe our traditions of rule of law and due process, as we are vigorously going after terrorists that can do us harm.
"There are no TV cameras in Saddam's torture chambers or in the darkest corners of Baghdad, but the suffering and oppression are real, " Straw said.
And also this has been happening quite a long time now, not only torture but Iraqis killed and no investigation into it, there doesn't seem anybody in the White House who are capable - or in any other part of the US Government - capable of saying this is what's going wrong, this is how we stop it and this must happen now.
Earlier, a government spokesman admitted that "violations" had taken place but that these did not reflect official policy and were punished when discovered However, there is no record of any official having been jailed for torture after successive scandals starting in 2005.
Such captives may not be tortured, but CID poses no legal obstacle to aggressive tactics that fall short of torture.
The senior Iraqi official told NPR that it is in no way the policy of the Iraqi government to condone torture, but, he said, these are exceptional times.
Nearly a year after the publication of a report commissioned by the ruling royal family, which found that the security forces were responsible for killings and systematic torture, only a handful of police and no senior officials have lost their jobs.
Ask the Republicans running for president whether torture is legal, and the unanimous answer is no.
And political leaders willing to torture or kill as a matter of policy will no longer be able to act with impunity.
In reaction, Syrian state TV on Tuesday ran a segment in which a person identified as the medical examiner in the case said the body's injuries were sustained when the boy was alive, but there was no evidence on the surface of the body that the boy had been subjected to torture, violence or retaliation.
Instead, the oil magnate kicked up an international fuss about his persecution, bought a newspaper and got no fewer than 101 members of the Duma to sign a petition complaining about the alleged torture of one of the Yukos suspects.
Common sense seems to be in no less peril with respect to another frenzy of the moment - the posturing about our national attitude towards torture.
There is no place for children at an orgy of violence like the (merely R-rated) Pulp Fiction or a torture-themed demented fantasy like Dark Knight.
FORBES: Hollywood's Liberal Use Of Violence Makes It The Modern Lady MacBeth
应用推荐