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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -United Nations investigators said on Tuesday they have found evidence of systematic torture ...

The basic fact is that torture is illegal and it does not work. It violates the Geneva Conventions, the United Nations Convention Against Torture, 18 U.S.C. 2340, and The Army Field Manual.

Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so hungry some turn to eating insects. These are just some of the abuses ...

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The Legal Prohibition Against Torture Last Updated on June 1, 2004 What is torture? What laws prohibit torture? Do non-citizens in the U.S. have the same right not to be tortured as U.S. citizens?