Torture in the 21st Century
Broadcaster
BBC Radio 4
TX Date
30th Jul 2012
Producer
David Coomes
Reporter
John Sweeney
Researcher
Dougal Patmore
Torture is practised worldwide, often in the face of official denial. John Sweeney, previous winner of an Amnesty award for a Radio 4 documentary on torture, investigates its current extent, variety, and motivation – asking where and why? Can there be justification for torture? Does it ever reveal the truth and how much is state-licensed sadism?