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USA: CIA Torture Revelations: Newly Released Documents Show Need for Accountability

17 June 2016

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"The recent release of documents related to the US Central Intelligence Agency’s detention and interrogation program provide excruciating new details about CIA torture, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 16, 2016, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to provide greater accountability for CIA abuses before the end of his term in office.

“The newly released documents underscore the brutality and illegality of the CIA program,” said Laura Pitter, senior national security counsel at Human Rights Watch. “President Obama’s failure to take concrete action to address these crimes will leave a stain on his legacy, undermine respect for the rule of law, and weaken US effectiveness in advocating against torture globally.”"

See: CIA Torture Revelations: Newly Released Documents Show Need for Accountability (HRW,link)

And see: Documents Related to the Former Detention and Interrogation Program (link)

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