{"id":1627,"date":"2011-06-15T08:11:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T08:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/15\/the-dirty-secret-about-clean-torture-human\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:31:05","slug":"the-dirty-secret-about-clean-torture-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/15\/the-dirty-secret-about-clean-torture-human\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dirty Secret About ‘Clean’ Torture | Human Rights Now – Amnesty International USA Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Scoop.it<\/a> – Rights & Liberties<\/a>

Maher Arar’s story should be a warning to anyone who thinks that the evidence of torture is always obvious. Democratic stats have long used ‘clean’ torture when worried about bad publicity.
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Via Scoop.it – Rights & LibertiesMaher Arar’s story should be a warning to anyone who thinks that the evidence of torture is always obvious. 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