Articles with tag: torture
Tariq Ahsan: A Forgotten Foot-soldier of Democracy
Muhammad Tariq Sep 18, 2009 interacts: 19This kind of interrogation ought to be banned everywhere, since although it leaves no marks or injuries on the body, thus making it difficult to recognize it as a form of torture, it does irreparable damage to the mind.
Between Sanity and Insanity
Amar Jaleel Feb 9, 2008 interacts: 15No one knows what kind of torture was perpetrated on Zen during his 15-day interrogation. After 15 days when he was produced before the judge he was a different Zen.
Extraordinary Rendition - A Tool for Torture
Mohammad Gill Feb 21, 2005 interacts: 2Torture does not yield any reliable information. The victim who is brutalized beyond endurance will confess to any thing which the tormentors want. What is the practical use of such information? It is not reliable; it’s worse than no information.
Some Mother’s Son
Beena Sarwar Jun 20, 2004 interacts: 9There is strength and inspiration to be drawn from those who use their pain, not to cause further destruction, but to heal and move ahead. One such woman is Visaka Dharmadasa, whose young son Achinte went missing in September, 1998 when the LTTE attacked
Breaking the Silence
Beena Sarwar May 14, 2004 interacts: 13Such torture is routine in the prisons and police stations across Pakistan, but our authorities too continue to doggedly ignore reports about such abuse... The question is, will it take graphic photographs to make our authorities address the issue?
More Outraged By the Outrage
Mohammad Gill May 13, 2004 interacts: 37The scandal is still unraveling; it’s going to get worse and put President Bush’s administration under increased pressure. President Bush apologized....
Complicity in Silence
Syed Ali May 11, 2004 interacts: 113Every smirking soldier and every dieing Iraqi is asking us to make a choice...
