Global Crisis on Torture Exposed By New Amnesty International Worldwide Campaign Travis Gettys - The Raw Story
go to original May 13, 2014

This new short campaign film by Amnesty International provides a powerful glimpse into the grim reality of torture. The film marks the launch of Amnesty International's new campaign 'Stop Torture' - highlighting the fact that the barbaric practice of torture is still alive and flourishing in countries all over the world. (AmnestyInternational)

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London-based human rights group Amnesty International is launching a new campaign aimed at ending torture, which it says remains widespread even 30 years after a blanket prohibition was agreed by the United Nations.

In the past five years, Amnesty says it has recorded incidents in 141 countries, including 79 of the 155 signatories to the 1984 UN Convention against Torture.

The global survey of 21,000 people in 21 countries also revealed a widespread dread of the practice, with 44 percent saying they feared being abused if they were taken into custody.

Yet over a third percent of the respondents said they believed torture was sometimes necessary and acceptable to gain information that may protect the public.

“It’s almost become normalized, it’s become routine,” Amnesty secretary general Salil Shetty told reporters at the launch of the “Stop Torture” campaign in London.

“Since the so-called war against terrorism, the use of torture, particularly in the United States and their sphere of influence… has got so much more normalized as part of national security expectations.”

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