Nations urged to sign global anti-torture convention

The European Union – which has been harshly critical of US prisoner abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and the detention centre for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – today urged all nations to sign a global convention against torture and condemned the practice for any reason.

“No culture of impunity is acceptable,” the 25-nation bloc warned in a statement coinciding with observances of the United Nations’ ninth annual International Day to Support the Victims of Torture.