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Trauma as counter-revolutionary colonisation: narratives from (post)revolutionary Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We argue that multiple levels of trauma were present in Egypt before, during and after the 2011 revolution. Individual, social and political trauma constitute a triangle of traumatisation which was strategically employed by the Egyptian counter ...
Alexander J C   +22 more
core   +3 more sources

Racism at Work: A Critical Qualitative Investigation

open access: yesThe Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An area of life that is profoundly impacted by anti‐Black racism is the world of work. Black Americans face persistent barriers from hiring to wage inequality to everyday mistreatment. In response, we conducted a critical qualitative investigation to explore how racism manifests in workplaces, uncover overlooked aspects of Black Americans ...
Michael Gordon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This Article is a contribution to the torture debate. It argues that the abusive interrogation tactics used by the United States in what was then called the “global war on terrorism” are, unequivocally, torture under U.S. law. To some readers, this might
Luban, David, Newell, Katherine S.
core   +1 more source

Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Torture, Livelihoods and Rehabilitation

open access: yesTorture
The understanding of torture has evolved to encompass a complex interplay of factors including poverty, politics, health and psychosocial factors which increase vulnerability to torture.
Tania Louise Hebert
doaj   +1 more source

Incommunicado detention and torture in Spain, Part I: The Istanbul Protocol Project in the Basque Country: Istanbul Protocol Project in the Basque Country Working Group

open access: yesTorture, 2018
There is increasing evidence to show that torture is a serious problem in the Basque Country. Whilst such evidence can be found in reports of international human rights monitoring bodies, sentences of Spanish and international courts, and empirical ...
Lilla Hárdi   +32 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mental Torture: A Critique of Erasures in U.S. Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Both international and federal law criminalize mental torture as well as physical torture, and both agree that “severe mental pain or suffering” defines mental torture. However, U.S. law provides a confused and convoluted definition of severe mental pain
Luban, David, Shue, Henry
core   +1 more source

Relativism and universalism in interrogation fairness: a comparative analysis between Europe and China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper addresses Chinese interrogation rules from historical and comparative perspectives by relating them to the very different development of interrogation procedure in Europe.
Vander Beken, Tom, Wu, Wei
core   +2 more sources

Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Empathy, Perceived Injustice and Solidarity‐Based Action: Observer Responses to Civilian Suffering in Military Conflicts

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conflicts intensify, observers without direct conflict experience are increasingly exposed to war‐related suffering through media coverage, yet little is known about how such exposure shapes emotional and behavioural responses or how support for different affected civilian groups is distributed.
Islam Borinca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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