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Torture

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Deborah Popowski, a Harvard Law School instructor, has been part of efforts to hold psychologists accountable for their involvement in the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. “We want lawyers and advocates who are compassionate and empathetic people,” she said.

Lessons from a post-9/11 world

Advocating for torture survivors, Law School instructor tries to hold psychologists accountable

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DateApril 12, 2016

"To me, the overall conclusions are familiar in general, but all of it is surprising because of the depth of the brutality," said Alberto Mora, a senior fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. "The extent of it is truly much greater than even I imagined it to be." Mora is studying the effects that the torture program has had on U.S. foreign policy.

A mirror to coercion

Senate report reveals sweeping, formalized program of torturing prisoners, former U.S. aide says

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DateDecember 10, 2014March 22, 2019

Currently a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) at Harvard University, Alberto Mora says releasing the report on CIA practices since the 9/11 attacks is a vital first step in informing the public about actions undertaken by the U.S. government during the war on terror, an area that’s been largely shrouded in secrecy.

The quantum of cruelty

Fellow gives firsthand account of CIA’s controversial treatment of detainees, and emphasizes importance of accountability

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DateApril 16, 2014June 21, 2019

“I came down expecting to come face to face with torture, and what I found was an American suburb — in communist Cuba!” recalled social studies lecturer Jonathan Hansen on his first visit to Guantánamo Bay. He has written a new book on the history of the notorious naval base.

Whither Guantánamo

Book looks at how U.S. occupation of Cuba’s tip began, evolved

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DateMarch 8, 2012June 3, 2019

Professor Caroline Elkins, pictured at a panel discussion in March, won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for her book detailing the abuse of Kenyans at the hands of the British colonial government during the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s.

Strong evidence

Elkins’ research key in Kenya reparations case

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DateAugust 3, 2011July 25, 2019

At Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, a discussion explored the challenges of reporting international stories to U.S. and global audiences. For years, investigative journalist Fatima Tlisova has documented the torture of prisoners and the corruption of government officials in Russia’s Northern Caucuses. And for years, Russian officials, and the mainstream media, have largely ignored her stories.

Voices of frustration

Stories on corruption, violence often ignored, journalists say

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DateJuly 14, 2011July 10, 2019

Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror

<h4>W.W. Norton, September 2010</h4><h5>By Gregory Fried and Charles Fried</h5>

Arts|

DateDecember 2, 2010

(Cambridge, MA - April 7, 2010) - Dr. Atul Gawande speaks in the Ames Courtroom at Harvard Law School about his 2009 New Yorker article "Hellhole." Gawande discusses the effects of solitary confinement on the human brain, the mental and emotional toll on prisoners, and explores the question of whether the practice of solitary confinement is equivalent to torture. Atul Gawande (center) speaks speaks from the podium. Staff Photo Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University News Office

Doctor examines torture

Atul Gawande explores practices of solitary confinement

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DateApril 9, 2010May 31, 2019

Kurt Gray (left), a graduate student in psychology, and Daniel M. Wegner, professor of psychology, both in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, conducted the research on torture. “Our research suggests that torture may not uncover guilt so much as lead to its perception,” said Gray

To tell the truth

Torture may even make the innocent seem guilty

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DateOctober 27, 2009

Schulz: U.S. should take stand on torture

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DateMarch 8, 2007