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Please tell me whether you think that, in the area of advancing human rights in other countries, the United States does:
As you may know, the US has signed treaties that prohibit governments from holding people in secret and that require that the International Committee of the Red Cross to have access to them. Do you think that these treaties are
Suppose the US has detained an individual in Afghanistan who is not suspected of having any involvement in terrorism, but the US suspects this person might have useful information about a terrorist group. Suppose, when asked, he denies having such inform
Do you think that other countries do or do not have the right to imprison an American citizen who is not suspected of having any involvement in terrorism, but who they suspect might have useful information about a terrorist group?
Suppose the US has detained an American citizen who is not suspected of having any involvement in terrorism, but the US suspects this person might have useful information about a terrorist group. Suppose, when asked, he denies having such information. Do
Do you think that the US does or does not imprison people who are not suspected of having any involvement in terrorism, but who it suspects might have useful information about a terrorist group?
Is it your impression that current US policies for detaining people it has captured and is holding in Guantanamo Bay are or are not legal, according to international treaties on the treatment of detainees?
STATEMENT: Here are some legal requirements for the treatment of detainees that are part of international laws the US has agreed to. Please say whether you favor or oppose having these legal requirements. [The right to request and receive a hearing wher
STATEMENT: Here are some legal requirements for the treatment of detainees that are part of international laws the US has agreed to. Please say whether you favor or oppose having these legal requirements. [The right to have the detainee's home governmen
STATEMENT: Here are some legal requirements for the treatment of detainees that are part of international laws the US has agreed to. Please say whether you favor or oppose having these legal requirements. [The right to have one's treatment monitored by
STATEMENT: Here are some legal requirements for the treatment of detainees that are part of international laws the US has agreed to. Please say whether you favor or oppose having these legal requirements. [The right to not be tortured]
STATEMENT: Here are some legal requirements for the treatment of detainees that are part of international laws the US has agreed to. Please say whether you favor or oppose having these legal requirements. [The right to not be threatened with torture]
STATEMENT: As you may know, the United States has signed treaties that limit what a government can do to pressure detainees to give information. Here are some methods that are not allowed. For each one please say whether you approve of having a rule agai
As you may know, the way that the US has treated detainees at Guantanamo Bay has been strongly criticized by European allies, Muslim countries, and the UN Human Rights Commission. There is a debate about whether this negative reaction has important conse
Do you think:
Is it your impression that the US government is
Do you think that the rules for treating someone who is being detained because they are suspected of terrorist activities should or should not be the same for citizens and non citizens?
Is it your impression that when the United States conducts interrogations of detainees in Iraq it:
News and government reports indicate that the US has been using private contractors to conduct interrogations in Iraq. Do you:
STATEMENT: As you may know, when the US captures someone outside of the US there are a number of rights that this person has according to international treaties which the US and other countries have signed. Some people say when someone is suspected of pl
When someone is arrested in the US there are a number of rights that that person has by US law. Some people say when someone is suspected of planning or committing terrorism the person should not have certain rights. For each of the following rights plea
As you may know, the US participates in the UN Commission on Human Rights, which reviews human rights standards in various countries including the US. Recently, the Commission evaluated how the US treats detainees at Guantanamo Bay and determined that th
As you may know from the news, the US has been secretly sending people suspected of terrorism to be questioned in other countries that are known to use torture. The US says that these countries have given assurances that the suspects will not be tortured
Do you think the US should or should not permit US military and intelligence agencies to secretly send terrorism suspects to other countries that are known to use torture?
When acts of torture have been committed by military personnel, but their commander says that he or she did not order it and was not aware of it, should the commander be held responsible or not held responsible?
Do you think that government officials who engage in, or order others to engage in, torture or cruel and humiliating treatment as a way to get information should or should not be tried and punished?
From what you have seen, heard or read, do you think that the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison was
Do you think that
How many of the key people responsible for the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison do you think have been tried and punished?
Do you think that:
In regard to the kinds of prisoner abuses that occurred at Abu Ghraib, which do you think is the most likely to be occurring in overseas military prisons today:
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