torture Archive

  •   “On memory, disappearance, and human rights”   Marcelo Brodsky is an internationally renowned artist and human rights activist now based in Buenos Aires after many years in exile in […] 0

    Marcelo Brodsky

      “On memory, disappearance, and human rights”   Marcelo Brodsky is an internationally renowned artist and human rights activist now based in Buenos Aires after many years in exile in […]

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  •   Bard Human Rights Project held a one-day conference in conjunction with the opening of, and took place at, Olafur Eliasson’s “Parliament of Reality” installation. The daylong event included lectures […] 0

    Music and Torture Event

      Bard Human Rights Project held a one-day conference in conjunction with the opening of, and took place at, Olafur Eliasson’s “Parliament of Reality” installation. The daylong event included lectures […]

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  •   “Tracking the Torture Planes: Secret Geographies of the War on Terror”   Trevor Paglen is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer at the Department of Geography in the University […] 0

    Trevor Paglan

      “Tracking the Torture Planes: Secret Geographies of the War on Terror”   Trevor Paglen is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer at the Department of Geography in the University […]

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  •   “Guantánamo: America’s war on human rights”   British journalist David Rose spoke about Guantánamo and his book Guantánamo: America’s war on human rights (The New Press 2004). Here is an excerpt […] 0

    David Rose

      “Guantánamo: America’s war on human rights”   British journalist David Rose spoke about Guantánamo and his book Guantánamo: America’s war on human rights (The New Press 2004). Here is an excerpt […]

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  •   “Breakdown in the Gray Room: The Images from Abu Ghraib”   David Levi Strauss is a writer and critic in New York, where his essays and reviews appear regularly […] 0

    David Levi Strauss

      “Breakdown in the Gray Room: The Images from Abu Ghraib”   David Levi Strauss is a writer and critic in New York, where his essays and reviews appear regularly […]

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  •   “What to Do About the Iraq Mess?” A film showing of Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers Introduced by Mark Danner, Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism, “The Battle of […] 0

    Gillo Pontecorvo’s “The Battle of Algiers”

      “What to Do About the Iraq Mess?” A film showing of Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers Introduced by Mark Danner, Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism, “The Battle of […]

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  •   “Punishment: Human or Inhumane?”   Judith Butler is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminist philosophy, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics. She is […] 0

    Judith Butler

      “Punishment: Human or Inhumane?”   Judith Butler is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminist philosophy, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics. She is […]

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  •   “The Only Safe Words are our Words: Language as a Weapon in Argentina Dirty War”   Marguerite Feitlowitz is the author of A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies […] 0

    Marguerite Feitlowitz

      “The Only Safe Words are our Words: Language as a Weapon in Argentina Dirty War”   Marguerite Feitlowitz is the author of A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies […]

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