Dr Leif Elinder wrote: “As much as the torture program itself, the inability to hold anyone accountable exposes the breakdown of constitutional forms of rule in the United States. Crimes have been committed, exposed openly before the entire world, and, within the framework of official political channels, absolutely nothing can or will be done about it. Under these conditions, it is impossible any longer to speak of democracy”.
See more of Dr Elinder’s reflections on this subject in the featured article on this theme published in SWEDHR Research & Reports, 21 May 2015.
Torture Reports
Physicians for Human Rights Full Report (PDF)
Doing Harm: Health Professionals’ Central Role in the CIA Torture Program
U.S. Senate complete report, eight chapters
The Torture Report
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Research and research-review papers
Elinder Leif, and Gelin, Martin (2015). SWEDHR Research & Reports, Vol 2, No 18:
Torture and lack of accountability
Ferrada de Noli M. SWEDHR Research & Report. Vol 1., No 5:
Research report: Solitary Confinement Is Torture
Ferrada-Noli M, Asberg M, Ormstad K, Lundin T, Sundbom E. Journal of Traumatic Stress 11 (1): 103–1:
Suicidal behavior after severe trauma. Part 1: PTSD diagnoses, psychiatric comorbidity, and assessments of suicidal behavior
Ferrada-Noli M. [Article in Swedish] . [Swedish Medical Journal] Lakartidningen. 98(44):4888-90:
Traumatic stress and suicidal behavior of refugees–epidemiological findings
Ferrada-Noli M, Asberg M, Ormstad K. Journal of Traumatic Stress 11 (1): 113–24:
Suicidal behavior after severe trauma. Part 2: The association between methods of torture and of suicidal ideation in posttraumatic stress disorder
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Media articles
The Bush Administration Whistleblower Who Says the US Has Not Closed the Door on Torture
Ruper Stone in VICE NEWS
A Debate on Human Rights Watch’s Call for Bush Administration Officials to be Tried for Torture
Democracy now [article & video] on new report released by Human Rights Watch
Judge Orders US Government to Stop Suppressing Evidence of Torture and Abuse
A HR struggle by American Civil Liberties Unions
Guantánamo torturer led brutal Chicago regime of shackling and confession
News article
USA and Torture: A History of Hypocrisy
Human Rights Watch