Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-03-25 17:24:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ECC44F32286D3C028E1B69D939A4741ED06F9011A87B6FF0BD45882D52A59629
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There have been several recent scandals where agents of the USA were found to have committed torture, particularly as part of the "war on terror". http://hrp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CAT-Shadow-Report-Advocates-for-US-Torture-Prosecutions.pdf Some domestic American policies have also been found to constitute torture, such as police and prison brutality. https://web.archive.org/web/20120607020132/http://www.innocenceproject.org/understand/False-Confessions.php
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