Ignatieff Supports Methods Defined as Torture by the UN: Knowledge Driven Revolution

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Since deciding to enter politics, Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff has attempted to present an image of himself which is at odds with his previously published statements and positions.

With good reason, since the leading contender for leader of the Liberal Party and possible future Prime Minister of Canada is on record as supporting methods defined as torture by the United Nations.

In 1986, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights published a report on the subject of torture.

On page 28 of the Report, Section C titled "Types and methods of torture" clearly states that:

"118. There are two main types of torture, physical and psychological or mental."

Generally accepted categories of sensory deprivation include, among other methods, prolonged standing, hooding, subjection to noise, deprivation of sleep, deprivation of food and drink.

The pictures of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanomo Bay present textbook examples of various methods of psychological torture through sensory deprivation and stress positions, including hooding and prolonged standing.

In his article "Lesser Evils" which appeared in the May 2, 2004 New York Times Magazine, Michael Ignatieff indicates that he condones methods of "Permissible duress" which he defines to include:

"disinformation and disorientation (like keeping prisoners in hoods) that would produce stress."

Therefore it is reasonable to conclude that Ignatieff supports methods defined as torture by the UN. In fact some of these methods are at the center of the angry battle between Bush and members of the US Congress concerning Common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention.

Ron Saba is Editor of Montreal Planet Magazine, and has declared his intention to run in the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grāce--Lachine, Quebec as an Independent in the next federal election, with a platform that includes sanctions against Israel as an Apartheid state. The Liberal incumbent, Marlene Jennings, is a member of Liberal Parliamentarians for Israel.

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