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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In response to the disclosure by McClatchy Media of information about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA detention and interrogation, Zeke Johnson, Director of Amnesty International USA’s Security & Human Rights Program, issued the following statement:
“This is a game changer. The debate about torture should be over once and for all. President Obama should immediately declassify the entire report so that safeguards can be put in place to ensure that the U.S. government does not use torture again.
“The U.S. should, among other steps, withdraw its reservations to the Convention Against Torture and revise the Army Field Manual on Interrogation. Furthermore, international law requires accountability for the crime of torture, including remedy for victims and prosecutions where warranted.”
Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more than 3 million members in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.