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# Waterboarding

This year
2023
Family of man tortured by British military into murder confession awarded £350,000
Liam Holden’s conviction was quashed in 2012 and he received £1 million in damages for the miscarriage of justice.
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Mar 24th 2023, 8:53 PM
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Special Criminal Court accepts allegations former councillor claimed he was in IRA
Jonathan Dowdall falsely imprisoned and waterboarded a man who came to his house looking to buy a motorbike.
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May 31st 2017, 6:50 PM
Taoiseach Jack Lynch confronted Prime Minister on torture claims in Northern Ireland
In documents seen by Channel 4, the Ministry of Defence admitted that they found some claims of torture credible.
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Feb 2nd 2017, 9:23 AM
Mexico tells Trump: "We will not pay for any wall'
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada also issued an angry riposte to Trump’s wall plan.
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Jan 26th 2017, 7:45 AM
Donald Trump compares trade deal to rape
He also called for the return of waterboarding in the fight against Islamic State.
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Jun 29th 2016, 8:42 AM
"He's a p***y" - Donald Trump repeats slur used to describe rival
The circus rumbles on.
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Feb 9th 2016, 8:20 AM
Watch an Irish scientist explain why torture doesn't work
“Torture may get someone to talk, but there’s no evidence that it’s the truth.”
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Dec 6th 2015, 7:45 AM
The CIA 'misled' the public over harshness of torture regime
The report says that intelligence received from torture played no material part in finding Osama Bin Laden
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Apr 2nd 2014, 9:25 AM
New report alleges Gaddafi's enemies were waterboarded by CIA
Human Rights Watch are alleging that at least one opponent of Muammar Gaddafi was waterboarded during George Bush’s presidency.
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Sep 6th 2012, 9:20 PM
US doctor accused of 'waterboarding' daughter
Well-known US paediatrician Dr. Melvin Morse is accused of holding his daughter’s face under a running tap.
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Aug 11th 2012, 2:14 PM
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
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Jan 15th 2012, 11:00 AM
Bush denies waterboarding is torture, defends invasion of Iraq
Bush says history will judge him a success – buts adds that he’ll be dead by then.
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Nov 9th 2010, 11:18 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: the former Mountjoy governor claims Larry Murphy was thrown to the wolves; George W Bush claims waterboarding “saved lives”, and Chris de Burgh sees red.
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Nov 9th 2010, 8:37 AM