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

Peirce, Gareth

ISBN 10: 1844677591 / ISBN 13: 9781844677597

Editore: Verso Books, 2012

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Riassunto:

In this set of devastating essays, Gareth Peirce analyzes the corruption of legalprinciples and practices in both the US and the UK that has accompanied the‘War on Terror’. Exploring the few cases of torture that have come to light, such asthose of Guantánamo detainees Shafiq Rasul and Binyam Mohamed, Peirce arguesthat they are evidence of a deeply entrenched culture of impunity among thoseinvestigating presumed radicals among British Muslim nationals and residents,who constitute the new suspect community in the UK. Peirce shows that theBritish government has colluded in a whole range of extrajudicialactivities—rendition, internment without trial, torture—and has gone toextraordinary lengths to conceal its actions. Its devices for maintainingsecrecy are probably more deep-rooted than those of any other comparabledemocracy. If the government continues along this path, Peirce argues, it willdestroy the moral and legal fabric it claims to be protecting.

Recensione: “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, The Guardian

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

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

“Coruscating.”—Alex Wade, Times

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Titolo: Dispatches from the Dark Side : On Torture ...
Casa editrice: Verso Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good
Edizione: Revised ed.