INTERROGATIONS Abu Ghraib‚ Iraq & Guantanamo Bay‚ Cuba Prepared By: Veronica Mihajlovic Diana Sellars Aaron Wilson GM520 Legal‚ Political‚ and Ethical Dimensions of Business Table of Contents Introduction 1 United States Constitution 1 Geneva Convention 2 Third Convention 3 Enemy Prisoner of War 3 Retained Personnel 3 Fourth Convention 3 Protected Persons 3 Guantanamo Bay 4 Memorandums 5 Abu Ghraib 6 Uniform Code of Military Justice 9 Conspiracy 9 Cruelty and
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Prepared for: PBA-500 Survey of Public Administration Abstract The subsequent case study‚ prepared by James P. Pfiffner‚ Torture and Public Policy‚ (2010) analyzes the torture and abuse of war prisoners by United States military personnel in Abu Ghraib‚ Iraq‚ and Guantanamo Bay‚ Cuba‚ following photographs of the abuse spread around the world in the fall of 2003. Pfiffner points out that the United States Military‚ Secretary of State Donald Rumsfield‚ and President George W. Bush assumed a role
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fostering peacemaking of a conflict. Article in Review According to Strauss (2003)‚ the behavior at Abu Gharib had jeopardized the war against terrorism. It was the Bush’s Administration’s approach to fighting terrorism that led to using torture and terror against the terrorists. Bush’s Administration used torture and abuse to justify the terrorist’s acts. The torture at Abu Ghraib‚ morally‚ makes it harder to condemn terrorism but at the same time helps fuels the terrorist’s logic in fighting
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lends itself as a vehicle for political agenda. A recent example would be Fernando Botero’s series‚ Abu Ghraib‚ which is based on the torturous events that took place by US soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The series is a sharp contrast from the whimsical and oversized imagery Botero is best known for‚ and depicts the truculent abuse inmates were subjected to while in Abu Ghraib. Abu Ghraib 44 (2005); Oil on Canvas‚ shows a prisoner stripped of his undergarments and hanging from the ceiling
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principal inward proof since the Abu Ghraib detainee mishandles issue ended up plainly open in April 2004 that types of pressure of hostages had been ordered by the leader of the United
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Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison
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acres with over 4 kilometers of security perimeter and 24 guard towers. The prison is composed of five distinct compound each surrounded by guard towers and high walls. Built by British contractors in the 1960s‚ Abu Ghraib is a virtual city within a city. The political section of Abu Ghraib was divided into "open" and "closed" wings. The closed wing housed only Shiites. The open wing held all other varieties of real or suspected activists. The "closed" wing was so named because its inmates‚ until 1989
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saying that Guantanamo broke the rules of the Geneva Convention. Media blackout on Guantanamo lasted for several years until this law suit and then the whole world media attention was turned towards the truth about Guantanamo bay. The third example is Abu Ghuraib
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In books‚ movies‚ TV shows‚ and other forms of media‚ acts of violence have been portrayed in a variety of ways. Whether the media outlets were correct or incorrect in the representation of these acts‚ generally the victims of violence are impacted severely. Throughout history‚ tactics have been used to gather information‚ retaliate‚ or simply to hurt another person. While these tactics have evolved over the years‚ it is still all defined as torture. Many experts can give simple reasons behind the
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Throughout our nation’s history‚ we have taken part in many unethical means of gaining information or knowledge. Some of the more famous cases include‚ The Milgram Obedience and Authority experiment‚ The Stanford Prison experiment‚ and of course the Abu Ghraib scandal involving our own U.S. soldiers. While two of these instances were not intended to cause physical harm‚ they were all branded unethical due to the extent of not only the physical abuses that took place‚ but the painful psychological impact
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