Campaign Against Torture

News & Reports

News Releases

American Psychological Association Closes Loophole in Ethics Code, but More Code Reforms Needed
March 3, 2010

White House Should Prioritize Protection of Darfuris from Genocidal Regime
October 19, 2009

PHR Analysis: CIA Health Professionals’ Role in Torture Worse Than Previously Known
August 31, 2009

Rights Group Applauds Appointment of Prosecutor in CIA Torture Cases
August 24, 2009

Warlord General Dostum’s Return to Kabul Sparks Controversy
August 17, 2009

PHR Calls for Investigation of American Psychological Association’s Ties to Pentagon
May 5, 2009

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Reports on Torture

Broken Laws, Broken Lives
In PHR's report, "Broken Laws, Broken Lives", we have for the first time medical evidence to confirm first-hand accounts of men who endured torture by US personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay. These men were never charged with any crime...
June 18, 2008

Leave No Marks: Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and the Risk of Criminality
A report by PHR and Human Rights First demonstrates that "enhanced" interrogation techniques are likely to cause "severe" or "serious" physical and mental harm to detainees.
August 2, 2007

Break Them Down: Systematic Use of Psychological Torture by U.S. Forces
Break Them Down provides extensive evidence that psychological torture was systematic and central to the interrogation process of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay.
May 1, 2005

Iraq: Medical Consequences of Interrogation Techniques
US government officials continue to classify certain acts as permissible under the Geneva Conventions.
May 14, 2004

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PHR REPORT

Break Them Down: Systematic Use of Psychological Torture by U.S. Forces

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