The US government is not only failing to take steps to eradicate torture, it is actually creating a climate in which torture and other ill-treatment can flourish.
Quotes about ill-treatment (4 Quotes)
The Uzbek government's promises not to torture these men are not worth the paper they're written on. Diplomatic assurances of this type from Uzbekistan do not provide a reliable safeguard against torture and ill-treatment.
Although the US government continues to assert its condemnation of torture and ill-treatment, these statements contradict what is happening in practice.
(Paraphrased The real brahmin is the one who) ... has crossed beyond duality ... (373) ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both (385) ...(is) settled in mind ... without inflowing thoughts (386) ...is without attachment (396) ...endures undisturbed criticism, ill-treatment and bonds, (and is) strong in patience(399) ...(is) without anger, devout, upright, free from craving, disciplined and in his last body (400) ...has experienced the end of his suffering here in this life, who has set down the burden, freed (402) (snippets from verses 373-402)