Torture

Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow speaks onstage at the 2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Crimson on Jan. 7, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Director Bigelow Defends Torture Scenes In ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Director Kathryn Bigelow defends torture scenes in her Oscar-nominated film “Zero Dark Thirty,” saying torture was an undeniable part of the hunt for Osama bin Laden after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

2013/01/16

File photo of Donald Rumsfeld. (credit: Getty Images)

Court: Contractors Allegedly Tortured By U.S. Forces In Iraq Can’t Sue Rumsfeld

A federal appeals court in Chicago has ruled that two American contractors allegedly tortured by U.S. forces in Iraq can’t sue former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

2012/11/08

Peter Lizon's mug shot (Photo Credit: South Central Regional Jail / http://www.wvrja.com/)

W.Va. Sheriff Says Woman Tortured; Husband Charged

An attorney dismissed claims that a West Virginia man tortured his wife for years as entirely false, saying someone fabricated allegations that the man called his wife a slave, forced her to kneel in his presence, and punished her with burns and beatings.

2012/07/12

A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

US Muslim: FBI Made Interrogators Torture Me In United Arab Emirates

A Muslim American seeking asylum in Sweden claimed Wednesday he was detained at the U.S. government’s request while in the United Arab Emirates last summer, tortured in custody and interrogated about the activities of a Portland mosque.

2012/04/18