On 28th May the organisation Remedy has organised a course to teach about the most effective tools for treatment of victims of abuse. . Torture victims are alienated from themselves. They look in the mirror but do not recognise their reflection. Fear, their weaknesses and constant pain have distanced them […]
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Leopoldo García: a living death
One of the first ten civilians to be exiled out of Chile by Pinochet, Leopoldo García was arrested in the centre of Santiago, handcuffed and repeatedly beaten on the head the entire night. He could have been killed. His forehead now bears the scar of being hit by the base […]
Shaker Aamer and his nightmare in Guantanamo
Imprisoned on 14th February 2002 and, since then, he has been tortured and subjected to long periods of isolation. This is the nightmare of a man in this concentration camp. . At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States installed this base in Cuba, which was equipped as […]
Torture in the United Kingdom
On Monday February 11th Ian Cobain presents the book “A Secret History of Torture”, which shows how the British have repeatedly and systematically resorted to this deplorable method. Ian Cobain notes that the UK manifests, that does not mean to “participate, solicit, encourage or condone torture” but emphasizes that […]
Death, abuse and oblivion in the Colombian Prisons (III)
The government has proposed the construction of six large prisons to end the problem of overcrowding which currently exists. However, the inmates and their representatives claim that the new prisons have been designed for physical and psychological torture. – – Miriam Valero – The response to the crisis in the […]