Amnesty Calls U.S. Torture Policy Worst Assault On Human Rights

Washington’s attempt to “weaken the absolute ban on torture“ was the most damaging assault on fundamental human values over the past year, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
In its annual report the London-based watchdog said human rights across the world have been eroded as governments use the language of freedom and justice to pursue policies of fear and insecurity, taking their cue from the US-led war on terror.
The human rights monitor said that America's treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan had entrenched the practice of arbitrary and indefinite detention in violation of international law.