Not exactly news that we tortured prisoners anymore, but it is the first time an entire international organization of this level has accused the U.S. of torture and used the term in a legal context.
From al-Arabiya:
A secret report by the International Committee of the Red Cross concluded that the Bush administration's treatment of al-Qaeda captives in CIA prisons "constituted torture," The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing newly published excerpts from the 2007 document.
Although many of the details of alleged physical and psychological brutality inside CIA prisons overseas have been previously reported, the ICRC report is the most authoritative account and the first to use the word "torture" in a legal context, the Post said.
The report states that some U.S. practices amounted to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" and strongly implies that the United States violated international law prohibiting torture and maltreatment of prisoners, the newspaper reported.
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