Torture
Refugees on Nauru complain of mental torture
Refugees with temporary visas to settle in Nauru say they are losing faith in both the local government and Australia's to help them build a meaningful life on the island. Audio
CIA torture did not yield signficant intelligence
In the United States the hostility between the CIA and the Senate Intelligence Committee has moved into top gear with revelations torturing terrorism suspects did not yield any signficant… Audio
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp
The chief of the Defence Force will not allow Afghan prisoners captured by New Zealand forces to be sent to prisons on a UN torture list but can't guarantee the same for people arrested in joint… Audio
Greens sceptical SAS not linked to Afghan torture
The Green Party is sceptical of claims by the Defence Minister that insurgents caught by SAS troops in Afghanistan have not been tortured. Audio
UN report details torture by Afghan authorities
A United Nations report out this morning says prisoners, including children, at many Afghan-run facilities have been subjected to torture. Audio
Human Rights Watch calls for torture inquriy
Human Rights Watch has called on the U.S President Barack Obama to order a criminal investigation into former President George W Bush and his top officials over the use of torture. Audio
Investigating the worst in human nature
Psychiatrist and award-winning author Professor Robert Jay Lifton has written about the Nazi doctors who took part in the Holocaust, the survivors of Hiroshima, torture and brainwashing, atrocity and… Audio
Labour calls for inquiry into SAS prisoner torture transfer
The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, is calling for an independent inquiry into claims the SAS has arrested and transferred prisoners in Afghanistan, who were then at risk of being abused and tortured.
…NZ SAS prisoners
Have NZ SAS troops handed over prisoners to authorities who might torture them? We hear from investigative reporter John Stephenson. Audio
Wikileaks reveal Guantanamo Bay horror stories
The latest Wikileaks revelations show many of the detainees at the US Guantanamo Bay prison camp were being held on the flimsiest grounds or from confessions extracted by torture. Audio
Human Rights Groups call for investigation into torture
International human rights groups are calling for the Indonesian government to launch an independent investigation into new reports of torture. Audio
SAS role in Afghanistan under further scrutiny
The government says it has taken note of a court ruling in Britain that's upheld a ban on British forces transferring prisoners to Afghanistan's secret police in Kabul because of the risk of torture.
…Inquiry launched into British security services
The British government says it will hold an independent inquiry into claims its security services were complicit in the torture of terror suspects abroad. Audio
UK Govt to probe alleged involvement in torture abroad
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced an inquiry into allegations that Britain's security services were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects overseas. Audio
The trade-off between torture and terror
Law professor Jeremy Waldron discusses torture and terror. Audio
Stories of horror and death at Solomon Islands commission
Horror stories of death and torture are among the first testimonies given to the Solomon Island's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Audio
Britain's MI5 accused of torture cover up
The head of Britain's domestic spy service MI5 has strongly denied his agency covered up the torture of terrorism suspects. Audio
British government loses torture appeal
The British government has lost an Appeal Court bid to stop the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident by US authorities. Audio
Cheney defends interrogation techniques by CIA
A salvo's been fired at the US President Barack Obama by the former Vice President Dick Cheney in response to the investigation into suspected torture of detainees at secret CIA prisons around the… Audio
UK torture collusion claims, and the 'Bloodgate' scandal
For the latest news from the UK, we're joined now by our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham. Audio