Monday, 30 November 2015
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US: No Excuse for Failure to Investigate CIA Torture
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(Washington, DC, December 1, 2015) – Obama administration claims that legal obstacles prevent criminal investigations into torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are unpersuasive, and risk leaving a legacy of torture as a policy option, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Sufficient evidence exists for the attorney general to order criminal investigations of senior US officials and others involved in the post-September 11 CIA program--for torture, conspiracy to torture, and other crimes under US law.
For more information: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/video/2015/12/01/us-no-excuse-failure-investigate-cia-torture
For more information: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/video/2015/12/01/us-no-excuse-failure-investigate-cia-torture
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