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April 20, 2009

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Says Obama Violating International Law
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The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, has said President
Obama is in violation of international law for declining to prosecute
CIA agents who used torture. Nowak said the US is bound by the UN
Convention Against Torture, which requires prosecution in all cases in
which there is evidence of torture.



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