Torture: the power of symbols

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Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on September 29, 2011 11:22 AM | | TrackBacks (0)

The two Americans released this month by Iran have reported that when they complained about conditions in their Tehran prison, the jailers would "immediately remind us of comparable conditions at Guantanamo Bay." Photographed: Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. (John Riley / EPA)

The two Americans released this month by Iran have reported that when they complained about conditions in their Tehran prison, the jailers would "immediately remind us of comparable conditions at Guantanamo Bay." Photographed: Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. (John Riley / EPA)


The prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is again in the news. The two Americans released this month by Iran have reported that when they complained about conditions in their Tehran prison, the jailers would "immediately remind us of comparable conditions at Guantanamo Bay." Such is the power of symbols...

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