In a new report issued as President Barack Obama’s second term in office begins, Amnesty International highlights the continuing absence of truth, remedy and accountability in relation to human rights violations committed by the USA in the counter-terrorism context since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The Oscar-nominated film "Zero Dark Thirty" sparks an interesting conversation about torture and human rights violations committed during a vaguely-defined "global war".
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