CIA report: 'Torture is a crime and those responsible must be brought to justice'
The former US vice-president Dick Cheney has defended the CIA torture programme as ‘absolutely, totally justified’. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other rights advocates say prosecutions must follow Senate’s CIA torture report
Wednesday 10 December 2014
The UN, human rights activists and legal experts have renewed calls for the Obama administration to prosecute US officials responsible for the CIA torture programme revealed in extensive detail following the release of a damning report by the Senate intelligence committee.
CIA Report 'Torture is a Crime and Those Responsible Must Be Brought to Justice' by Thavam Ratna
CIA Report 'Torture is a Crime and Those Responsible Must Be Brought to Justice' by Thavam Ratna
