In the present report, the Special Rapporteur examines conceptual, definitional and interpretative questions arising in relation to the notion of “psychological torture” under human rights law.
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UN: “Psychological Torture”, a definition
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UK: Shun Shunning: Shunning is Abuse and Torture
25 March 2020, by siawi3Shunning is akin to long-term psychological torture and a form of social death penalty.
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Iran: Join Urgent Online Solidarity Protest Save Soheil Arabi’s Life
14 April 2020, by siawi3Iranian atheist, activist and blogger Soheil Arabi has resumed his
hunger strike on April 4 in protest to the Iranian regime’s denial of
medical care, inhuman prison conditions and the denial of leave during
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Top Legal Expert On Torture Identifies U.S., UK, & Canadian, Govs., As The World’s Top Torturers
27 May 2020, by siawi3The spirit of Hitler lives on, in the U.S. regime, and we see it clearly in places such as Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Venezuela, all in different ways, and all targeting against different victim-populations.
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Iran’state media broadcast more than 860 forced confessions and defamatory content between 2009 and 2019
25 June 2020, by siawi3Iran has long escaped responsibility for coercing forced confessions. Iran’s state-run television is constantly airing programs that are the product of torture and intimidation.
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2 juillet 2020, par siawi3 -
Iran: International outcry after assassination of Iranian wrestling champion
16 September 2020, by siawi3The world of Sport, like the United Nations, have known in the past how to punish South Africa during the time of their racial apartheid, by excluding that country from the Olympic Games and from all international sports events for a period of 30 years. It is time to do the same to Iran which flouts the basic universal ethical principles inscribed in the Olympic Charter.
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Iran : Justice pour Navid Afkari
16 septembre 2020, par siawi3 -
UK: Say NO to the Tory war crimes immunity bill
6 October 2020, by siawi3Far from being a bid to save the troops from legal issue down the line, the Tory war crimes bill looks more and more like an attempt to skirt the rule of law and shore up the UK’s aggressive foreign policy aims. As the UK’s top generals push for their vision of perpetual war, this accountability is needed more than ever.
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16 avril 2021, par siawi3