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

Peirce, Gareth

ISBN 10: 1844676196 / ISBN 13: 9781844676194

Editore: Verso, 2011

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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.

Informazioni sugli autori: 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.

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 practice torture. Her many clients have included the Birmingham Six, Judith Ward, the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, and Moazzam Begg. She lives in London.

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Titolo: Dispatches from the Dark Side: On Torture ...
Casa editrice: Verso
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good