Archivo etiqueta «Tortura»
Por Sergio Ramírez, escritor nicaragüense (EL PAÍS, 06/04/06):
“Aunque usted no lo crea, por Ripley”. Banalidades para el asombro que nos acompañaron desde la infancia en los periódicos, al lado de las tiras cómicas y los crucigramas: todo lo inusitado, lo que rompía la lógica, lo que era de extrañar; desde la estatura descomunal de una persona a su longeva edad, más terneros de dos cabezas, una papa de una arroba de peso, el silbido más prolongado del mundo, alguien capaz de dormir una semana continua, o comerse cien hamburguesas, o el faquir con más horas sin comer.
Hoy, … Seguir leyendo
Por Miguel Ángel Moratinos, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores (EL PAÍS, 05/04/06):
España acaba de ratificar el Protocolo de Naciones Unidas contra la tortura, cumpliendo con un compromiso del PSOE en las pasadas elecciones generales. El texto de este Protocolo, que complementa y prolonga los acuerdos de Naciones Unidas contra el tormento al ser humano, aúna dos objetivos de nuestra política exterior: la defensa de los derechos humanos y la apuesta por el multilateralismo eficaz.
En la defensa de los derechos humanos el multilateralismo es fundamental para impermeabilizar la membrana por la que a veces se escapan acciones inaceptables contra … Seguir leyendo
By Ahdaf Soueif, his latest book is Mezzaterra, Fragments from the Common Ground (THE GUARDIAN, 09/03/06):
The story of Maajid Nawaz, Ian Nisbet and Reza Pankhurst, the three British Muslims who travelled to Egypt with their families, their detention there, their trial and their release now, almost four years later, encapsulates several elements in the “east-west” or “war on terror” story. Media coverage in the UK has focused on the men’s Britishness and whether the British government did enough to help them. As usual, events outside the western hemisphere are presented as though in a void. So here’s a … Seguir leyendo
By Anthony Lagouranis. Anthony Lagouranis served in the Army from May 2001 to July 2005 (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28/02/06):
I have never met Sgt. Santos Cardona or Sgt. Michael Smith, but we share similar experiences. In late 2003 and early 2004, both men used their dogs to intimidate Iraqi prisoners during interrogations at Abu Ghraib prison. They maintain that they were following legal orders. Now they both face impending court-martial.
From January 2004 to January 2005, I served in various places in Iraq (including Abu Ghraib) as an Army interrogator. Following orders that I believed were legal, I … Seguir leyendo
By Ben Macintyre (THE TIMES, 10/02/06):
TORTURE IS MORALLY abhorrent, self-perpetuating, and illegal. But the most important argument against torture is that it doesn’t work. To illustrate this let me escort you, not to the cells of Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo, but to a London basement in 1942, where a British MI5 officer wearing a monocle is extracting a confession from a Nazi spy.
Colonel Robin “Tin Eye” Stephens was the commander of the wartime spy prison and interrogation centre codenamed Camp 020, an ugly Victorian mansion surrounded by barbed wire on the edge of Ham Common. In the course … Seguir leyendo
Traslados, interrogatorios y torturas. Mariano Aguirre, Codirector y Coordinador, Programas de Paz y Seguridad y de Derechos Humanos, FRIDE (El Correo, 11/12/05).
By David Luban, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a visiting professor this year at Stanford University Law School. He writes frequently about legal ethics and contributed a chapter to the forthcoming book The Torture Debate (THE WASHINGTON POST, 27/11/05):
There are two torture debates going on in America today: One is about fantasy, and the other is about reality.
For viewers of TV shows such as “Commander in Chief” and “24,” the question is about ticking bombs. To find the ticking bomb, should a conscientious public servant toss the rulebook out the window and torture the … Seguir leyendo
Por Jim Hoagland (THE WASHINGTON POST, 13/11/05):
The blunders and alleged misdeeds committed by senior officials in the Bush administration are taking a terrible toll on this presidency and this capital. If you could magically wipe away the problems named Katrina, Harriet Miers, Scooter Libby, etc., this White House would still be in serious trouble with American and global opinion.
The problem is more structural than President Bush or Vice President Cheney acknowledges. Until they do, they swim upstream against a quickening current of suspicion and doubt.
The structural dilemma they face cannot be resolved by campaigns of political marketing … Seguir leyendo
Por Carlos Jiménez Villarejo, ex fiscal anticorrupción (EL PERIÓDICO, 11/11/05):
Hace unos días se celebró en Barcelona un Encuentro sobre la tortura impulsado por la organización Exil y otros grupos cívicos. El derecho internacional prohíbe absolutamente la tortura sobre personas privadas de libertad. Por esta razón, las disposiciones legales tienden a reducir al mínimo los periodos de detención gubernativa, a incrementar las garantías durante la detención y, en todo caso, a asegurar el control judicial. Fueron, en su día, conquistas democráticas que hoy la Administración norteamericana, ante la pasividad de la comunidad internacional, ha destruido practicando y justificando la … Seguir leyendo
By Jeffrey H. Smith, a former general counsel of the CIA (THE WASHINGTON POST, 09/11/05):
Americans do not join the CIA to commit torture. Yet that could be the result if a proposal advanced by Vice President Cheney becomes law.
When the abuses by U.S. servicemen and intelligence officers at Abu Ghraib surfaced last year, there was understandable outrage in this country and abroad. Internal investigations and congressional hearings revealed several causes of the abuse. One of the most important was confusion in the military and intelligence agencies as to what rules governed interrogations. A root cause of the … Seguir leyendo
¿Hay dudas sobre la tortura? Mariano Aguirre, analista de cuestiones internacionales (LA VANGUARDIA, 22/04/05).
Derechos humanos en Chile. Enrique Krauss Rusque es embajador de Chile (EL PAIS, 14/02/05).
‘Informe sobre la tortura’ y ‘Seminario sobre derechos humanos’: Una posguerra fría. Jorge Edwards es escritor chileno (EL PAIS, 17/12/04).
Chile, el camino de la verdad profunda. El informe sobre la tortura ha desterrado el silencio y el olvido y ha devuelto la dignidad a las víctimas. Ricardo Lagos, Presidente de Chile (EL PERIODICO, 12/12/04).
Represión durante la dictadura (1973-1990) del general Augusto Pinochet. El perdón y los pingüinos. Ariel Dorfman es escritor chileno (EL PAIS, 29/11/04).