Lot 49: Torture Photos Archives

09/29/05

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Torture Photos

Court Orders Release of Images of Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib

A federal court today ordered the Department of Defense to turn over to the American Civil Liberties Union more than 70 photographs and three videos depicting abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The release of the photos has been stayed for 20 days pending the government’s expected appeal.
“Today's historic ruling is a step toward ensuring that our government's leaders are held accountable for the abuse and torture that happened on their watch,” said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. “The American public has a right to know what happened in American detention centers..."

...and to sell t-shirts with the images on CafePress. For only $13.99, you can "show your revulsion at our policy of torture with this extremely high-quality, hand-made image based upon prisoner torture photos from Abu Ghraib."

Posted by Thomas Claburn on September 29, 2005 | Permalink

1 Comments

uhjim said:

does this mean we will finally find out the particulars of straping a prisoner to the ceiling USA style? are they buckled in face up or face down, or is it random? ( i guess face down).
what are they straped to? did we put the anchors in ouselves or were we using built ins. was any industrial strenth velcro ever used (maybe).
were their arms spread out like a crusifix?
did they attempt some bathroom humor by putting arms in funny positions (i would guess so).
were any prisoners graffitied up and signed, or given captions like, "help, ive a'risen and i cant fall down" (without a doubt).
how high where those cielings. (8 to 10- feet id guess). was anybody staped to a cieling over 10 feet high?
exactly how many prisoners have experienced this treatement, were witness to such treatment, or were threatend with having to spend the night on the cieling. inquiring minds want to know.

October 2, 2005 6:29 PM

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