“We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening, or wretched, or expendable. Our memory is struggling to rescue the truth that human rights were not handed down as privileges from a parliament, or a boardroom, or an institution, but that peace is only possible with justice and with information that gives us the power to act justly.”
― John Pilger

Thursday, May 15, 2014

American Citizens Fear Being Tortured By Their Own Government More Than Chinese Citizens

By Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Slate - May 14 2014 

Amnesty International surveyed citizens of 21 nations to ask whether they feared they would be tortured if taken into custody in their home country—and found, among other results, that residents of the United States were more concerned about being tortured by their own government than residents of China. The breakdown by country, via Foreign Policy:
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