The controversy on torture be justifible is still debated. Torture is prohibited internationally due to moral believes. However, according to the current incidents that can be seen easily in the news these days, it is obvious that these days torture has been practiced widely in many countries of the world. The United Nations defines torture as “any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when
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Nowadays, war, an event that could possibly lead to the critic loss can exist every second as there are several conflicts happening in our world currently. Thus, if there are means that can prevent them in some way that caused less loss, it should be done immediately, including torture. To be more specific, according to the World’s leading journal, ‘The Times’, also revealed that torture has been practicing widely by CIA in order to gain information from the suspected but media just try to avoid using the terms of ‘torture’ and using the words like ‘harsh or brutal interrogation methods’ instead due to the basis of legal disputes surrounding the word torture. To give the evidence to the previous statement, Obama, the President of the United States also admitted to media in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks that “We crossed a line. That needs to be understood and accepted...We did some things that were wrong, and that’s what that report reflects." This has shown that the superpower country like the U.S. finally declared that they has been using torture in some circumstances. Moreover, from various evidences, even though, torture has not been justified openly due to the moral believes, but as the example shows that it has been practiced around the world. It is not only the United States who use torture. Therefore, torture has been used widespread in many countries but it should be justified to have the acceptable
Nowadays, war, an event that could possibly lead to the critic loss can exist every second as there are several conflicts happening in our world currently. Thus, if there are means that can prevent them in some way that caused less loss, it should be done immediately, including torture. To be more specific, according to the World’s leading journal, ‘The Times’, also revealed that torture has been practicing widely by CIA in order to gain information from the suspected but media just try to avoid using the terms of ‘torture’ and using the words like ‘harsh or brutal interrogation methods’ instead due to the basis of legal disputes surrounding the word torture. To give the evidence to the previous statement, Obama, the President of the United States also admitted to media in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks that “We crossed a line. That needs to be understood and accepted...We did some things that were wrong, and that’s what that report reflects." This has shown that the superpower country like the U.S. finally declared that they has been using torture in some circumstances. Moreover, from various evidences, even though, torture has not been justified openly due to the moral believes, but as the example shows that it has been practiced around the world. It is not only the United States who use torture. Therefore, torture has been used widespread in many countries but it should be justified to have the acceptable