John Conroy (1) (1951–)

It seems wrong to say Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People is a "good book" - it is an amazing piece of journalism. John Conroy focuses on torture in the countries, Northern Ireland, Israel and the Chicago Police abuse scandal in the United States. Without passing judgement he looks at how countries define torture (or refuse to define behavior as torture)and in some cases he is able to interview the torturers. He doesn't allow the reader to feel that torture is something done by other people in other places, but rather actions that can be done by ordinary educated people in a variety of countries.

It really should be standard reading for anyone looking at the political, ethical and moral implication of torture.… (mehr)