The Business of Torture

Torture is a human rights violation that has plagued mankind for centuries and has only recently been recognized as such. The subject may be difficult, but the need for further discussion can not be overstated.

Torture is a difficult topic to tackle: it deals with violence against people, police misconduct, and more. Yet there exist many ways of avoiding torture, both on an individual level and on a national level; this post covers both of these aspects to provide you with some hope in this unsettling situation.

Much of the information and resources available are from advocates and followers of the anti-torture movement, often those who have had experience with torture themselves. The following sources provide a comprehensive list of relevant links for those wishing to learn about torture, both as an individual or on a national level.

Wikipedia (website) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Torture

FAIR - http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=11861

"Freedom from Torture" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smd-gCTe9Yk&t=10m26s

NACDL - http://www.nacdl.org/human-rights/institutional-torture

"Torture: What Congress Should Do To Stop It" - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-eyman/torture-what-congress_b_829597.html

"Stop Torture Now " - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG0oDw0J5ek

Human Rights Law Center, Blog section - http://blog.hrlc.org/

Human Rights Watch, Blog section - http://www.hrw.org/blog-entry/2012/09/04/sudan-and-revolution-of-lost-children

Amnesty International, Blog section - http://blog.amnestyusa.org

"What to Do If You Find Yourself in Guantanamo" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qH3l5B5Ybw#t=56

The Torture Test - ** This video is not suitable for children ** http://www.thetorturetest.org/

"The Dark Art of Interrogation" - http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/21/the_dark_art_of_interrogation?page=full

"Hunger Strike of Detainees in Guantanamo Bay Prison (Letter to Barack Obama)" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfLsU6sfWU#t=12m45s

"Amnesty International's Stop Torture Campaign"- https://www.amnestyusa.org/?what-you-can-do

Detention Watch Network - http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/

Alfred W. McCoy - "A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, From the Cold War to the War on Terror", Macmillan, 2006, pg. 9-10.

Terry Collins - "Beyond Guantanamo: a new approach to detention policy", Human Rights Law Review (4), 2004, pg. 554-570.

David H. Hackworth - "About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior". Simon & Schuster Paperbacks Edition (31 August 1998) New York . pgs 8-9, 113-114

Fiona Macdonald - "The Practice of Torture in International Law", Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition (26 September 2010) pg. 253

Fiona Macdonald - "The Practice of Torture in International Law", Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition (26 September 2010) pg. 263-264

Muthanna al-Muhajir - "Introduction to the Law of Torture" (20th ed.), Oxford University Press (1 October 2010) pg. 141

Matthew Schofield - "The UN Convention against Torture: A Contemporary Interpretation", Cambridge University Press (22 November 2009) pg. 97-100

Human Rights and Equal Justice Foundation Law Project - http://www.hrjejf.org/projects/hpejf_law_project_legal_resources/index.html#human_rights

Human Rights First - http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/issues/torture-and-interrogation

Freedom from Torture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smd-gCTe9Yk&t=10m26s

Stop Torture Now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG0oDw0J5ek