Taxi to the Dark Side
Tonight at the Sydney Film Festival I saw 'Taxi to the Dark Side', the Academy Award-winning documentary about the crimes committed at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. I was surprised at how much law was mentioned in the documentary, and how well expressed the legal principles around torture (inhuman and degrading treatment) were canvassed. Well done.
Go see it!!
posted by Iqbal Khaldun @ 2:56 PM
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I finally saw this last night at the Amnesty Centre. I was shocked to learn that over 95% of detainees were not actually captured by US forces but handed over by Pakistani militias (with little or no evidence that the accused are even involved in any terrorist ploy). The system reminded me of the Salem witch hunts (well possibly worse because Salem witch hunts at least had "trials", suspect as they were). Totally disturbing as were the use of cruel psychological methods to break prisoners.
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