Independent publisher Melville House will send five copies of the US Senate’s report on torture to every White House hopeful – ‘even Donald Trump’Independent publisher Melville House is sending its edition of the CIA torture report to every candidate standing for the American presidency, in a bid to find out where the politicians “stand on torture”. A bill banning torture was passed in the Senate on Tuesday despite opposition from 21 Republican senators, and co-founder of Melville House Dennis Johnson said that the publisher wanted to ask presidential candidates “where they stand on torture, if they’ve read the report, and where they stand on the bill passed this week, because it could be overturned by a new president”. Related: Senate passes torture ban despite Republican opposition Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]