Word: incommunicado
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...press statement released yesterday, she urged the Chilean Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to imprison the victims indefinitely and called on health professionals everywhere to condemn the use of incommunicado detention and torture by the Chilean government...
...Under the Sabotage Act, the Terrorism Act, the Internal Security Act, the Riotous Assemblies Act, and the Unlawful Organizations Act, the government can arrest whom it wishes and keep them in prison incommunicado, denying all access by lawyers, family, and friends for as long as deemed necessary..." (Pogrund, "The Anatomy of White Power," Atlantic, October...
...month later Duarte incautiously gave vocal support to a coup by young, reform-minded Salvadoran army officers. When the revolt was crushed, Duarte was hauled from his sanctuary in a Venezuelan diplomatic residence, held incommunicado and brutally beaten. His cheekbones still bear indentations from that torture. Telegrams from Pope Paul VI, Richard Nixon and Notre Dame President Theodore Hesburgh brought about his release; Duarte spent the next seven years in exile in Venezuela...
...suspended by their arms while handcuffed behind their backs. In Paraguay torture has become an administrative tool to enforce the firm grip of President Alfredo Stroessner, who seized control of the country 30 years ago. Paraguayans who are suspected of belonging to left-wing groups are often held incommunicado in cramped cells without natural light, fresh air, medical attention or much food for days or even weeks...
...United Nations, where a voluntary fund for victims has been established. Twelve governments, including the U.S., Sweden and Greece, have pledged more than $700,000. In its report, Amnesty proposes a twelve-point plan to protect prisoners' rights, officially condemn torture, safeguard prisoners during interrogation, limit incommunicado detention and allow independent investigations into torture. "Torture can be stopped," the report declared. "What is lacking is the political will of governments to stop torturing people." The report may not persuade many governments to stop torturing their citizens, but by increasing the volume of information on the subject it should...