Pros And Cons Of Torture And Civil Liberties
Torture and civil liberties
Civil liberties are rights one owns, that are stated in the Bill of Rights. After 9/11 terrorist attacks President Bush and the Republican Congressed passed the patriotic Act.it undermined basic rights and freedom of the people.
The government increased spying, wiretapping and surveillance of citizens. The united nations convention against torture of 1987,the Geneva conventions of 1949,the international convent of civil and political rights, are some of the many treaties that were put in place to bun torture or any cruel inhuman treatment, even in the time of war on any person. According to the New York Times, in august 2002, the C.I.A officials used water boarding a type of torture on two prisoners from Al Queda.it is said they used it at least 266 times on Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Shailah Mohammed …show more content…
CIA agent’s still use methods of torture to get information and evidence out of suspects. Forms of torture used are forced nudity, stress positions and sleep, but the most effective and popular forms are waterboarding is when water is poured over the face of an immobilized captive, thus causing the individual to experience the sensation of drowning, sensory deprivation is used to instill a sense of fear, disorientation and cause dependency on their captor,l, and beating.
On December 2003, Masri of Macedonia was taken into custody and was sent to the CIA for questioning. He was believed to be a link to terrorist organizations. Masri was severely beaten, sodomized, water boarded and they also used sensory deprivation. Masri’s case was taken to court and the European court of human rights found the CIA, guilty of forced disappearance, unlawful detention, extraordinary rendition outside judicial process, inhuman and degrading treatment.as a result the CIA had to pay Masri $75 000,for
Civil liberties are rights one owns, that are stated in the Bill of Rights. After 9/11 terrorist attacks President Bush and the Republican Congressed passed the patriotic Act.it undermined basic rights and freedom of the people.
The government increased spying, wiretapping and surveillance of citizens. The united nations convention against torture of 1987,the Geneva conventions of 1949,the international convent of civil and political rights, are some of the many treaties that were put in place to bun torture or any cruel inhuman treatment, even in the time of war on any person. According to the New York Times, in august 2002, the C.I.A officials used water boarding a type of torture on two prisoners from Al Queda.it is said they used it at least 266 times on Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Shailah Mohammed …show more content…
CIA agent’s still use methods of torture to get information and evidence out of suspects. Forms of torture used are forced nudity, stress positions and sleep, but the most effective and popular forms are waterboarding is when water is poured over the face of an immobilized captive, thus causing the individual to experience the sensation of drowning, sensory deprivation is used to instill a sense of fear, disorientation and cause dependency on their captor,l, and beating.
On December 2003, Masri of Macedonia was taken into custody and was sent to the CIA for questioning. He was believed to be a link to terrorist organizations. Masri was severely beaten, sodomized, water boarded and they also used sensory deprivation. Masri’s case was taken to court and the European court of human rights found the CIA, guilty of forced disappearance, unlawful detention, extraordinary rendition outside judicial process, inhuman and degrading treatment.as a result the CIA had to pay Masri $75 000,for