Terrorism and the Law

Analysis Brief

Prisoner Abuse Back in Spotlight

Two months after President Bush signed into law a ban on torture, a new UN report accuses the United States of torturing detainees at Guantanamo Bay and more images of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison are emerging. The issue of prisoner abuse continues to divide America, while alienating a number of U.S. allies.

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