{"id":1492,"date":"2011-08-16T13:44:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T13:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/16\/using-evidence-from-water-torture-to-hold\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:30:35","slug":"using-evidence-from-water-torture-to-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/08\/16\/using-evidence-from-water-torture-to-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Evidence from Water Torture to Hold Detainees at Guantanamo | The Dissenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mamdouh Habib’s water torture in Egypt reminds us that evidence produced by extreme torture at U.S.
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