torture
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Sari Bashi, executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, a non-governmental organisation, accused the military of a whitewash.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
That clearly violates the Convention Against Torture, which bars the government from deporting people to any country in which there is substantial reason to believe they will be tortured or killed.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
Benjamin was also granted deportation protection under the Convention Against Torture, a legally binding international treaty that has been ratified by Washington.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Since 1998, for example, the U.S. has funded 85% of the annual $10 million budget of the U.N Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2026
Tara is deprived of her benefactor, A blight is upon his kindred, Torture is put upon the rays of the sun, Glorious Erin is without Aed.
From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various
Vocabulary lists containing torture
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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