What Can Be Done: The Primetime Torture Project

The Impact: Soldiers Imitate What They See on TV
In interviews with former interrogators and retired military leaders, Human Rights First learned that the portrayal of torture in popular culture is having an undeniable impact on how interrogations are conducted in the field. U.S. soldiers are imitating the techniques they have seen on television – because they think such tactics work.

Listen to former interrogators describe the problem.

U.S. soldiers are imitating torture techniques from TV.

They are in serious need of clear guidelines

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Former Interrogators, Ex-Military Say Torture on TV Sending Wrong Message
HRF launches "Primetime Torture" Project in response to rising level of torture being portrayed on '24', 'Lost' and other popular TV programs
For more information and to view video clips, go to:

www.primetimetorture.org

Now, Now, I know what your first reaction is going to be (mine was too) but check it out and then decide!

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Robert Drinan, S.J., a Giant in Human Rights, Dies

Human Rights First mourns the passing of Rev. Robert Drinan, a former member of our Board of Directors and a giant in the world of human rights. Father Drinan combined a passionate commitment to human rights and social justice with a fierce determination to speak truth to power. His was a clear and consistent voice of conscience on a wide range of human rights issues, ranging from the plight of Soviet Jewry to Central America, from Cuba to Darfur. As we continue our work, we are inspired by his life and many good deeds. We have lost a great leader and good friend.

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AMA to condemn surgery to stunt growth (Update)

Updated: 6:01 p.m. MT Jan 11, 2007
CHICAGO - Activists are demanding an investigation into treatment performed on a severely brain-damaged girl whose growth was deliberately stunted to make it easier for her parents to care for her at home.

Critics want an official condemnation from the American Medical Association, which owns a medical journal that first published the Washington state case. They also want state and federal officials to investigate whether doctors violated the girl’s rights.

“It is unethical and unacceptable to perform intrusive and invasive medical procedures on a person or child with a disability simply to make the person easier to care for,” said Steven Taylor, director of Syracuse University’s Center on Human Policy.

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