 PAPER CHASE NEWSBURST |  
|
| Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective. |
UN rights chief says waterboarding clearly torture Kiely Lewandowski at 12:27 PM ET [JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website; JURIST news archive] said Friday that waterboarding [JURIST news archive] is clearly torture, echoing comments Wednesday by UN Special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak [official website; JURIST news archive], who sharply criticized the White House for defending the use of waterboarding [JURIST report] in remarks earlier this week. Arbour said Friday that she had "no difficulty" describing the practice as torture under international definitions of the term. AP has more. Link | 
|
print |
subscribe |
 |
latest newscast |
 Facebook page
|
