Read APT's statement and remember these simple facts about torture

[Robin Yan]

Stronger and stronger voice so that it can be heard: 

Read APT's statement and remember these simple facts about torture:

• Torture is always wrong. It not only deeply wounds the victims, many of whom may be innocent of any crime; it has a toxic effect on the societies that tolerate it. 

• Torture is illegal. It is a crime punishable by severe penalties wherever in the world it is committed. There are no exceptions to the absolute prohibition of torture in international law, such as conflict or instability.

• Torture is an ineffective and unreliable means to obtain information. It has often been observed that tortured victims will say anything just to get the pain to end. And even if the information obtained were the truth, there is no way to know if it is accurate, making it absolutely worthless as an interrogative tool. And such acts would still be wrong and illegal.

----The Association for the Prevention of Torture