Salah Abu Seif

saying that she could not be with a man that would allow this horrible mistreatment of other humans for the sake of knowledge. The Abu Ghraib Prison incident is very similar to the Stanford Prison Experiment, but it is a real life scenario of this abuse of power occurring at a real life prison during the war in Iraq by United States reserve soldiers. Similarly, the Abu Ghraib Prison incident was not brought to light until someone that was not part of the experiment reported it to an…

in Abu Ghraib INTRODUCTION As the British journalist Fisk (2010) mentioned in " Robert Fisk: The truth about 'honour' killings”, most female prisoners held at Abu Ghraib were raped, and some of them even got killed after returning home because their families felt shamed. On the other hand, Zurbriggen (2008) points out that male prisoners in Abu Ghraib also suffered from sexualized torture and abuse from female American soldiers. In "The end of naive feminism [Abu…

easily as we can turn into submissive slaves essentially. With enough time and lack of supervision, they would have easily reached the same level as Abu Ghraib, where during the war in Iraq that began in March 2003, personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These violations included physical and sexual abuse, torture, rape, sodomy, and murder. One of the participating…

Crime and Punishment in the 1800’s In the novel Frankenstein written by Mary W. Shelley many of the characters are accused and tried for many different crimes. In the 1800’s many crimes were considered punishable by death; even petty ones. In this research paper will be information on theories as to why crime was at such a high rate at the beginning of the nineteenth century, as well as different crimes, the sentences for such crimes, and whether they may, or may not, have been humane/inhumane…

extremely graphic photographic evidence.” Photographs and videos taken by the soldiers as the abuses were happening were not included in his report, Taguba said, because of their “extremely sensitive nature” which is stated by Hersh in “Torture at Abu Ghraib.” These conditions were horrible for all involved and the U.S. received backlash because they were held responsible for these people. These pictures are horrible to look at and will physically make you sick to think about the things these…

The Iraqi prison twenty miles away from Baghdad Abu Ghraib is now infamous for maltreatment. It is unknown how many people the prison held. The vast majority of prisoners were civilians picked up by the military at traffic stops. They were undocumented in the prison or placed under an ambiguous category of "common criminals" or those suspected of "crimes against the coalition". Most were not meant to be in Abu Ghraib, but since many prisoners were undocumented, this went overlooked as did the…

Sergeant Joseph Darby and Sergeant Samuel, both exposed of the torture taking place in the Abu Ghraib prison. Sergeant Joseph Darby provided the pictures of the abuse that led to an investigation and resulted in dishonorable discharge and reprimands for 11 of the soldiers. Whereas, Sergeant Samuel Provance publicly revealed the role of the interrogators in the abuse and the tactics used to cover up the Abu Ghraib abuse. Similarly, Edward Snowden, exposed the NSA’s warrants domestic wiretapping…

massacring and arresting dozens of people, torturing innocent citizens in the Abu Ghraib prison, and selling their organs on the black market-- among other atrocities. The film casts a light on the injustices faced by the Turkish and American peoples, as well as the disconnect between government and the general population. While America and Turkey are allies in the eyes of their respective governments, events like the Abu Ghraib prison torturing and unnecessary raids by the Americans paint them…

How willing are humans to fill a role they are given? This is the question that the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Philp Zimbardo, professor of psychology, answers, even if it may not have been the original goal of the experiment. When people are pushed to the extremes, by internal or external factors, they are willing to do nearly anything. Zimbardo says that we “create, populate, and perpetuate” “prisons of the mind.” I agree with his statement, as many of the problems we have in a…

Abu Ghraib Torture and Prison Abuse and The Bataan Death March are two comparative events in US history. The Abu Ghraib Torture and Prison Abuse was a series of human rights violations against prisoners in Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, which began in March of 2003. The Bataan Death March was the relocation by foot of American Prisoners from the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O, Donnel a prisoner camp of the Japanese during World War 2. While both Abu Ghraib and The Bataan Death March are a result of…