Dispatches from the Dark Side: On Torture and the Death of Justice - Rilegato

Peirce, Gareth

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1844676196 ISBN 13: 9781844676194

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2011

Riassunto

Argues that the British government should release information on its torture program, much as the Obama administration has done in the United States, and goes further to assert that Britain has used illegal means to capture, prosecute, imprison and torture British Muslim nationals and residents.

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Recensione

“An antidote to the current propaganda.”—John Pilger, New Statesman

“The great theme of her book and, arguably, her professional life too [is] that justice dies when the law is co-opted for political purposes.”—Stuart Jeffries, Guardian

“A timely reminder of the darker side of lawlessness in freedom’s name.”—Shami Chakrabarti, Observer, Books of the Year 2010

“Coruscating”—Alex Wade, Times

L'autore

Lawyer Gareth Peirce represents individuals who are or have been the subject of rendition and torture, held in prisons in the UK on the basis of secret evidence, and interned in secret prisons abroad under regimes that continue to practise torture. Her many clients have included the Guildford Four, the Birmingham Six, Judith Ward, the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, and Moazzam Begg. She lives in London.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1844676196
• ISBN 13: 9781844676194
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 102