Cruel, Inhuman, Degrades Us All : Stop Torture and Ill-treatment in the War on Terror

Amnesty International consistently urges all governments to condemn and prohibit torture and ill-treatment, to investigate all allegations of such abuse, and to prosecute any official who condones, acquiesces in or commits torture or ill-treatment.

Al is now mobilizing people in a campaign to challenge the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in the "war on terror".

The USA, which has led the assault on international human rights standards during the "war on terror", should set the example in reasserting these standards.

All governments must play their part.