Acts Of Torture

Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept.

LONDON - Britain's government said Thursday it has dismissed a call to replace the head of an inquiry into allegations the U.K.

MIAMI - A federal appeals court has upheld the torture convictions and 97-year sentence imposed on the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A leading international rights group warned Wednesday that the torture and arbitrary detention of ethnic Uzbeks by security forces in southern Kyrgyzstan could lead to a new wave of intercommunal conflict.

LONDON - The British government promised Monday to quickly issue its spies a fresh set of guidelines on how to avoid being complicit in torture.
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