More shocking still is that we as human beings have the power to stop torture and yet we have not done so.

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The next day, the opposition rejected the idea of a government of national unity, but said that it remains committed to negotiations towards a transitional government, provided the violence and the persecution of MDC leaders and supporters stop, political prisoners are released, militia bases and torture camps are disbanded, and security forces remain neutral.

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And if the life of an entire city were on the line, I think we can all agree that none of us would object to the use of the most extreme forms of torture if it might provide the needed information to stop a nuclear explosion or some other weapon of mass destruction.

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