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Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee Supporting Formation of Commission of Inquiry into Torture by US
PHR submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing held on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, on establishing a nonpartisan "commission of inquiry" to investigate the Bush Administration's detainee treatment policies...
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Former FBI Director, General, Diplomat, Clergy Call for Presidential Commission on Detention, Treatment and Transfer of Detainees
Leading experts, including a former FBI director, an Army general who investigated detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib, and a former Under Secretary of State, today called upon President Obama to appoint a non-partisan commission to fully investigate and examine the detention, treatment, and transfer of detainees following the September 11th terrorist attacks....
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PHR Supports Leahy Torture Commission
PHR praises Senator Patrick Leahy's (D-VT) call on Feb. 9 for a bi-partisan commission to investigate the use of torture and other related issues by the Bush Administration.
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PHR Praises President Obama's Executive Orders Ending Illegal US Detention and Interrogation Program; Accountability for Perpetrators of Torture Still Needed
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) praises President Obama for signing historic executive orders today that end the US' illegal detention and interrogation program, marking a clear departure from the abuses of the past administration and a return to the rule of law.
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Senate Armed Services Committee Finds Highest Levels of Bush Administration Authorized Abusive Interrogations
Today the Senate Armed Services Committee released the compelling conclusions of its lengthy inquiry into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody. The Committee's findings demonstrate that abusive interrogation techniques were explicitly authorized at the highest levels of the Administration.
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