Sentence examples for record of torture from inspiring English sources
But its record of torture, murder and subverting democratic governments speaks for itself.
Even India's urban liberal élite remains in denial about its government's record of torture and extrajudicial killing, Meenakshi Ganguly, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch, said.
That is no reason to deliver prisoners to governments that the United States considers hostile and that have a record of torture and lawlessness.
Khan claims that Hussain has abused Britain's liberal traditions, alleging Downing Street has ignored MQM's record of torture, murder and intimidation.
The United States cannot stand up for justice and the rule of law when it sits idly on its own record of torture.
He argued that Britain could still be the one-party dictatorship's "best partner in the West" despite its record of torture, ethnic persecution, and restricting freedom of the press.
Questions about the verdicts' legitimacy arose quickly because of the scarcity of public evidence, suspicious courtroom confessions and the country's record of torturing suspects.
Public evidence of that has been scant, and because Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with a record of torturing suspects, questions about the verdicts' legitimacy arose.
"The police here have a record of torturing people, and we've decided not to make ourselves available for questioning until it's very clear what they want to do," he said.
Stripping the victims of clothing was considered necessary to document their physical condition while in CIA custody, distinguishing them at that point from what they would subsequently experience in foreign custody – despite the public diplomatic assurances against torture that the US demonstrably collected from countries with a record of torturing detainees.
Morsi said the move is intended to safeguard the vote but Amnesty said the order, which gives the army the same powers as the police, is of concern given the military's track record of torturing people in jails and putting civilians on trial in military courts.
