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U.N. torture committee takes U.S. to task for police brutality, immigration detention, more

Police brutality and impunity, and expedited deportations without protections for those seeking asylum are only two of the failing marks given to the United…

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Police brutality and impunity, and expedited deportations without protections for those seeking asylum are only two of the failing marks given to the United States by United Nations Committee on Torture, whose concluding report was filed Friday. After a month of hearings that measured U.S. compliance with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (which the United States ratified in 1994), the committee determined that serious concerns exist about a number of U.S. practices and policies.

While the report doesn't mention the Ferguson decision specifically, it noted pervasive racial profiling by police departments, the growing militarization of police and their use of excessive and lethal force, especially in the policing of people of color. The report singled out the Chicago police department in particular, urging that reported police violence and instances of brutality be investigated by independent organizations. Further, the assessment of that city police department focused on practices that disproportionally impact young African Americans and Latinos.

Likewise, the United States drew criticism for its treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers, including the use of extended solitary confinement, and expedited deportations without fair hearings or access to legal representation. The committee also expressed grave concern about the U.S. policy of detaining families and young children.

The committee took the United States to task, as well, about the impunity accorded to officials responsible for torture during the Bush administration, and about indefinite detentions and force feedings of prisoners at Guantanamo. It urged release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA torture program. 
It is the first review of U.S. compliance with the torture convention since 2006.

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