--- title: torture | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/torture/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/torture/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # torture ## torture *  Feb 7, 2020 ## [There's So Much We Still Don't Know About the CIA's Torture Program. Here's How the Government Is Keeping the Full Story a Secret](https://time.com/5779579/cia-torture-secrecy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Dror Ladin *  May 8, 2018 ## [CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Will Face Tough Questions on Torture](https://time.com/5270242/gina-haspel-cia-hearings/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by W.J. Hennigan *  Apr 19, 2018 ## [Anti-Torture Groups Are Pushing Congress to Block Trump's Nominee to Head the CIA](https://time.com/5246860/anti-torture-groups-are-pushing-congress-to-block-trumps-nominee-to-head-the-cia/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Maya Rhodan *  Mar 13, 2018 ## [Donald Trump's CIA Pick Gina Haspel Will Face Questions About Torture](https://time.com/5198054/gina-haspel-cia-torture-senate/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Maya Rhodan *  Nov 15, 2017 ## [John McCain Slams Steven Bradbury Over Torture Memos](https://time.com/5025470/john-mccain-steven-bradbury-torture/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Jamie Ducharme *  Jun 20, 2017 ## [What Can the U.S. Do After Otto Warmbier's Death? Sadly, Not Much](https://time.com/4824670/north-korea-otto-warmbier-kim-jong-un-torture/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Jan 12, 2017 ## [How Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Contradicted Him](https://time.com/4632952/donald-trump-cabinet-confirmation-hearings-splits/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Tessa Berenson Rogers *  Dec 5, 2016 ## [Almost Half of Americans Think Torture Works](https://time.com/4590225/americans-torture-poll/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Maya Rhodan *  Nov 18, 2016 ## [U.N. Special Rapporteur Condemns Australia's Refugee Island](https://time.com/4575976/australia-nauru-refugees-un-francois-crepeau/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Tekendra Parmar *  Sep 28, 2016 ## [Thai Authorities Block Launch of Amnesty Torture Report](https://time.com/4511189/thailand-amnesty-international-torture-abuse/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Feliz Solomon *  Jul 13, 2016 ## [Hundreds Disappeared by Egyptian Security: Report](https://time.com/4403927/egypt-forcible-disappearances-security-forces-amnesty-human-rights/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Casey Quackenbush *  Apr 11, 2016 ## [Trump: It's 'Ridiculous' to Reject Waterboarding](https://time.com/4289691/donald-trump-john-brennan-waterboarding/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Maya Rhodan *  Apr 1, 2016 ## [Burma’s Transition Hasn’t Stopped the Abuses of Its Ethnic Wars](https://time.com/4277328/burma-myanmar-suu-kyi-ethnic-wars/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Hanna Hindstrom *  Mar 31, 2016 ## [Egypt Puts New Team on Italian Student's Case](https://time.com/4277326/egypt-italian-student-murder-giulio-regeni-investigation/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Mar 4, 2016 ## [Trump Backs Off Promises to Break International Law](https://time.com/4248218/donald-trump-backs-off-promises-to-break-international-law/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Charlotte Alter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/torture/","name":"torture"}}]}] ```