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abuse of prisoners of war by the United States
"No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to any unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind."
Article 17, Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August, 1949
Entry into force 21 October 1950
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
A war crime of "inhuman treatment" may be indicated if "The perpetrator inflicted severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon one or more persons".
The difference between "inhuman treatment" and the war crime of "torture" is the addition of the following element: "The perpetrator inflicted the pain or suffering for such purposes as: obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation or coercion or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind."
"No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to any unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind."
Article 17, Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva from 21 April to 12 August, 1949
Entry into force 21 October 1950
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
A war crime of "inhuman treatment" may be indicated if "The perpetrator inflicted severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon one or more persons".
The difference between "inhuman treatment" and the war crime of "torture" is the addition of the following element: "The perpetrator inflicted the pain or suffering for such purposes as: obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation or coercion or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind."
International Criminal Court, Elements of Crime
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Deutsche Welle
December 12, 2017
The life of ex-US Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins as a defector to North Korea reads like dramatic novel. He was the only US Army ... He had planned to apply for asylum at the Russian embassy in North Korea then be returned to the United States in a prisoner swap. The North Korean regime hadÃÂ ...
Hull Daily Mail
December 12, 2017
A prisoner just weeks away from being freed was found dead in his cell with a bed sheet tied around his neck. Wayne Nelson was ... Mr Nelson, who was on a methadone programme in prison after decades of drug abuse, had served more than two years behind bars for an offence of aggravated burglary.
Voice of America
December 12, 2017
"They also made us stand under the sun all day sometimes, but other times when they tried to get information they'd offer me extra food." Human rights groups say torture and other abuses are rampant in Egyptian prisons. Egyptian officials deny any systematic abuse and say individuals are heldÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 9, 2017
A mentally ill Colorado prisoner gouged his eyes out and became permanently blind after jail officials repeatedly denied him treatment for psychosis despite multiple suicide attempts, according to a lawsuit. Ryan Partridge, 31, sued Boulder law enforcement officials on Thursday, alleging that while he wasÃÂ ...
ChristianityToday.com
December 8, 2017
Prison Fellowship, the nonprofit prisoner advocacy group, has created Outrageous Justice, a small-group study guide intended to transform more evangelicals ... But so far, with the exception of black churches and pastors who have protested alleged police bias, abuse, and harassment, few Christians have ...
Newsweek
December 8, 2017
J.K. Rowling Was Dealing With Domestic Abuse Long Before Johnny Depp's 'Harry Potter' Controversy ... In a statement, Rowling essentially said that while she understood concerns surrounding Amber Heard's allegations that her ex-husband physically abused her, she ... Which brings us back to Depp.
Shadowproof (blog)
December 7, 2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations of detainee sexual abuse by guards at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Texas. ... Yet after she told her story, two other women using the pseudonyms Ana and Esmeralda told Grassroots Leadership they were abused by one guard, who ...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom
December 6, 2017
This report summarizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) activities in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. ... the increase in interior removals restores the integrity of our nation's immigration system and enhances the safety and security of the United States.
Remezcla (blog)
December 6, 2017
Zulma Franco, a former detainee at Hutto and current US resident, alleges sexual abuse at the detention center dates back to at least 2009. “I had friends who would confide in me what was happening to them,” Franco told Remezcla. “But most were too afraid to speak up for fear of being deported. It was a ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 6, 2017
Word broke in late 2015 that Schimel's Department of Justice had been investigating widespread allegations of prisoner-on-staff and staff-on-prisoner abuse at the prison outside Irma. The FBI has since taken over the probe and a federal judge last summer ordered guards to dramatically reduce their use of ...
Phoenix New Times
December 4, 2017
Rather than returning to prison for what are often minor infractions, they're given access to substance abuse treatment, life skills classes, and and job placement assistance. Currently, Governor Doug Ducey is exploring the possibility of moving the re-entry center to South Phoenix. According to Tim Roemer, ...
Law.com
December 2, 2017
22 judgment for appellee Almighty Supreme Born Allah, who was placed in administrative segregation on two occasions in connection with separate arrests—the second time as a pretrial detainee. In an April 4, 2016, judgment at the U.S. district court in Bridgeport, Allah's damages were determined to be ...
Wortfm
December 1, 2017
After 50 years of being a practice target for the U.S. military, Puerto Rico's island neighbor, Vieques, was assaulted … [Read More...] ... Goyke says without meaningful criminal justice reform, the state will need to find a new option for that five hundred and fifth prisoner — inmate 501. “Number 501 has to go ...
Newsweek
November 29, 2017
Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine, formed by a gradual accumulation of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, that protects government employees from financial judgments. Basically, qualified immunity gives public workers—most often police officers and prison guards—a strong defense even against ...
KQED
November 28, 2017
East Bay Congressman Wants Federal Probe of ICE Detainee Abuse Claims at Contra Costa Jail ... DeSaulnier toured the West County Detention Facility in Richmond on Monday after allegations surfaced that inmates detained there on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were being ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 22, 2017
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Reuters. By Dan Williams. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli ex-soldier who serves as a spokesman for a group that documents alleged abuses of Palestinians has ...
Newsweek
November 22, 2017
A U.S. citizen who survived imprisonment in North Korea died in a fire in San Diego, authorities said Tuesday. ... 43 days in jail and experienced mental health issues after returning to the U.S. as a consequence of the beating, torture and sexual abuse he said he suffered while in detention in Pyongyang.
BBC News
November 21, 2017
A Russian schoolboy has received online abuse and death threats after ... fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and later died in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp. ... "Forgive us, Adolf," read one typical sarcastic comment on Twitter.
ABC News
November 20, 2017
The physical abuse of the family escalated, Boyle said, when the ... Omar Khadr was once the youngest detainee at the U.S. terrorist prison at ...
CBS News
November 20, 2017
The United States is not a member state of the court, but its citizens can be ... were abused by U.S. military personnel and at least 24 by CIA operatives. ... of investigations have been conducted for alleged detainee abuse, ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 11, 2017
The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office calls reports of abuse involving federal immigration detainees misleading but it's promising a full ...
Aljazeera.com
November 9, 2017
He alleges that Canadian officials exchanged information with their US counterparts that contributed to his mistreatment at the prison camp. Ameziane's Canadian lawyer, Nathan Whitling, told Al Jazeera that Ameziane is seeking a public inquiry or a trial to look into Canada's role in what happened.
BBC News
November 6, 2017
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee is suing Canada's government, accusing it of complicity in abuse he says he suffered in the US military prison. ... There, he alleges American officials abused him, including waterboarding ...
BBC News
November 3, 2017
US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl will be spared prison time after he was ... He said Bergdahl had suffered the worst case of prisoner abuse ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 24, 2017
In the federal lawsuit Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson ... investigation into prisoner abuse and child neglect at Lincoln Hills.
New York Times
October 24, 2017
... attempting escape despite suffering the worst prisoner-of-war abuse .... health problems was known within the U.S. military, and events may ...
ThinkProgress
October 21, 2017
The United States government is holding a woman prisoner to keep her ... that J.D. was abused — perhaps sexually — in her home country.
U.S. News & World Report
October 21, 2017
U.S. District Judge James Peterson ordered the prisons to reduce the ... under federal investigation for prisoner abuse for nearly three years.
Southern Poverty Law Center
October 19, 2017
“F.A.C.P. came to the United States to escape the violence and persecution ... “Detention staff at Stewart not only harassed and abused F.A.C.P., but ... the SPLC outlines the persistent harassment, abuse and mistreatment that ... On another occasion, a detainee harassed F.A.C.P. in the shower. ... About Us.
Staunton News Leader
October 12, 2017
Filed on behalf of a 17-year-old detainee who crossed into the United States alone in ... There are also numerous allegations of physical abuse by staff. ... One immigrant detainee was physically assaulted because he failed to comply with ... per day, the lawsuit said, including juvenile offenders from the U.S..
ABC News
October 12, 2017
The operation, which came after years of U.S. pressure on Pakistan for ... suggests other "countries are starting to respect the United States of America once again. ... a site associated with accusations of prisoner abuse, and Boyle was ... the older sister of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr and ...
Chicago Tribune
October 10, 2017
U.S. lawyers representing HHS argued that the ACLU's request for a ... argued that people in the United States illegally without some type of ...
The Intercept
October 5, 2017
In the filing, the ACLU says the prisoner is an “an American citizen ... detained by the United States military in Iraq without charge, without ... which has faced numerous accusations of prisoner abuse, torture, and corruption.
HuffPost
September 30, 2017
But its chief ally in that effort, the fellow U.S. partner the United Arab ... of UAE-directed detainee abuse would put the U.S. government and ...
The Guardian
September 27, 2017
North Korea prisoner Otto Warmbier had no signs of torture – coroner .... Donald Trump that he was physically abused following his arrest last year. ... Fred and Cindy Warmbier told US TV networks on Tuesday that their son ...
ChristianityToday.com
December 31, 1999
Prison Fellowship, the nonprofit prisoner advocacy group, has created Outrageous Justice, a small-group study guide intended to transform more evangelicals ... But so far, with the exception of black churches and pastors who have protested alleged police bias, abuse, and harassment, few Christians haveÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
(AP) — A former Wisconsin prisons secretary said Friday that he's writing a tell-all book about how the investigation into abuse at the state's ...
Austin Chronicle
December 31, 1999
"This kind of abuse retraumatizes asylum-seeking immigrant women, most of ... Many of us have come from mistreatment in our countries, and it's not right that ... abuser reminded her of the power she wields over the detainee.
The Guardian
September 26, 2017
A Georgia prisoner whose jury trial was marred by racial bias was set to be ... an eleventh-hour intervention by the state or the US supreme court. ... of substance abuse that they say included getting blackout drunk by age 10ÃÂ ...
WRGT TV Fox 45
September 25, 2017
A woman told neighbors on November 27th that she'd been kidnapped two days earlier and had been held prisoner inside a dog cage in theÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 25, 2017
The agency wants funding to expand substance abuse treatment services in ... Prisoner rights advocates aren't convinced the request signals aÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 25, 2017
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prisoner scheduled for execution this week ... tough childhood and an extensive history of substance abuse that they say ... Tharpe's lawyers are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court and are alsoÃÂ ...
The Guardian
September 17, 2017
Egypt guilty of kidnap, torture and abuse, says former detainee .... Coming past us the other way were prisoners covered in blood,” he said.
Newsweek
September 15, 2017
The documents revealed the U.S. failed to investigate serial detainee abuse and torture by Iraqi police and soldiers, as well as 15,000ÃÂ ...
The Nation.
September 13, 2017
Laurence Brewer, chief records officer for the US government, explained ... deaths, sexual abuse, or solitary confinement, ICE's unwillingness to share its ... just this fiscal year, there have been 12 confirmed detainee deaths. .... VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States.
PEOPLE.com
September 12, 2017
Janet Jackson's older brother Steven Randall “Randy” Jackson claims that his sister suffered “verbal abuse” and felt like “a prisoner in her ownÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
September 9, 2017
Today marks one year since the largest prison labour strike in US history. ... these protests draw attention to an ugly truth: Prisoner abuse runs rampant and it has ... Influenced by enormous corporate lobbying, the United States Congress enacted .... An ex-Guantanamo detainee rebuilds his life in France.
The Guardian
September 5, 2017
... have provided a window into the violent abuse and misconduct that ... hit the “intended target”, who was a different prisoner with a broken arm. ... “Deputies pitting prisoners against each other is definitely not surprising to us.
KPTV.com
August 30, 2017
A man in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody is facing charges of sexually abusing a child in Oregon, according to the YamhillÃÂ ...
The Edge Markets MY
August 28, 2017
He eventually fled to avoid a jail sentence for abuse of power, charges ... to curb losses from her government's US$26 billion rice-purchasingÃÂ ...
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