Amnesty International Use Of Torture

Amnesty International “… is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.” (International, 2016). Amnesty international, an independent charity, funded by the public, expose facts about the different horrors which are happening across the world. They support many people in making a change campaign, standing for those in defence of activists on the frontline. They have been known to campaign for the close of Guantanamo Bay, calling it the human rights scandal for the known interrogation techniques which take place at Guantanamo. Another detainee of Guantanamo Bay was Shaker Aamer, who was one of the first to arrive, in 2002, he was detained

Meaning torture is not legal and has no justification to be used at any times, regardless of who is in charge. Even though the use of torture is illegal and should not be used, as all individuals should be treated evenly, regardless of what they may have done it is argued that those who have committed terrible crimes, should pay for what they have done, as they do not deserve the same rights. Another way torture could be described in a neutral way is enhanced interrogation techniques which is what was used in Guantanamo Bay. It was found “that the interrogation techniques utilised by the United States went far beyond those sanctioned by domestic and international law.” (International Bar Association,

Being as those who have been held in Guantanamo “…many are now acknowledged as “merely guilty of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Originally described as “the worst of the worst,” many were subjected to torture.” (Center for Constitutional Rights, 2009, cited in Constanzo and Gerrity, 2009) The 55 inmates who remain there, 19 of them are cleared for released, out of the 780 people who were detained at Guantanamo. (Human Rights First, 2017). For the inmates who have been released and for those who are still being held, it is and was a never ending cycle of waiting and hope, which some may say that, that is torture in itself. Especially for those who waited for long periods of time to actually be released, the amounts of stress would have bound to have taken a toll on the body, both physically and mentally. Thus resulting into long term effects of ill health, from the lack of treatment inside which was caused by torture and by not having the proper health standards to the realisation that they are being released and having to go through reintegration into the real