Today, Beth Shinn, former President of two APA divisions, resigned from the APA
“because the American Psychological Association continues to condone psychologists’ work in detention centers that violate international law and because of actions by APA’s leadership to discourage dissent from its policies in this matter.”
Beth Shinn resigns from American Psychological Association
There is a new student-driven petition effort on the psychology and involvement in interrogations issue. Like our Eco conferences, it is run by students and largely for students, although open to everyone. So students (and others), please get on there and sign it.
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On Tuesday, she sent a three-page letter to the president of the American Psychological Association, Sharon Stephens Brehm, to say she is returning her 2006 Presidential Citation, given to recognize her work in helping to resettle refugees. “I have struggled for many months with this decision and I [...]
APA votes down terror-interrogation measure / Members at S.F. convention reject banning presence at suspects’ questioning
From the SF Chronicle:
After a raucous debate about what role - if any — psychologists should play in U.S. government interrogations of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, the American Psychological Association voted overwhelmingly today to reject [...]
American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Calls on American Psychological Association to Ban Torture
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today called on the American Psychological Association (APA), which is holding its annual meeting in San Francisco this weekend, to prohibit its members from participating in coercive interrogations.
Democracy Now! | Dissident Members Challenge American Psychological Association on Role in CIA Interrogation, Torture
Democracy Now! broadcasts from San Francisco, where the American Psychological Association is set to hold a historic vote at its annual convention. Following a string of exposes revealing that psychologists have played a key role in designing the CIA’s torture tactics, [...]
Psychologists to CIA: We condemn torture | Salon News
Salon.com’s coverage of the anti-torture debates coming this weekend at the APA convention.
APA 2007 Convention: Ethics and Interrogations
This program series explores an issue that has challenged our community: The role of psychologists in interrogations. Many groups within our Association will come together in these programs to explore aspects of this issue from clinical, legal, and ethical perspectives. Experts from outside the Association will collaborate on program panels [...]
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