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Musicians Protest Use of Music to Tormet Detainees

By Paul Townsend

Musicians are joining together to demand that the U.S. stop using their songs to tormet detainees in the war on terror. Reprieve, a human rights group, has organized a campaign in which musicians will feature moments of silence during concerts.

There are many reports of music being played at loud volumns and for extended periods of time in order to "break" detainees. The U.S. military authorized this tactic in part "to create fear, disorient ... and prolong capture shock."

For more, see: Zero dB and The Guardian

Full post as published by International Law Blog on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).