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Musicians’ letter to Obama: Peter Gabriel leads music industry call for the President to ban music torture in his July 21 review of US interrogation policy.



Musician and human rights campaigner Peter Gabriel has today written to President Obama requesting an explicit ban on the use of music by US military interrogators.



The letter is co-signed by the Musicians Union and UK Music and supported by artists including Dizzee Rascal, Graham Coxon and Doves.



Victims of music torture are subjected to deafening music played for hours, days and months on end in order to ‘break’ them. Such techniques are currently used by the US military to destroy victims psychologically; the long-term damage is often far more devastating than physical injury.



President Obama’s official review of US interrogation techniques will conclude next Tuesday 21st July, and the Administration will amend the US Army Field Manual – which prescribes permitted techniques – accordingly.



“We are, of course, against all forms of torture, but as musicians we are particularly concerned about the misuse of music and that this practice may slip under the radar unless you explicitly condemn it,” Peter Gabriel writes to the President in today’s letter.



“The practice is an abuse of our rights as well as, of course, those of the prisoners who are subjected to it.



“We ask you to send a clear message and explicitly outlaw the use of music to ‘break’ and interrogate prisoners.”



Clive Stafford Smith, Director of Reprieve, said today: “Blasting prisoners with ear-splitting music 24/7 is a form of modern torture. Yet because this technique leaves no visible scars, there is a real chance that President Obama will consider it harmless. It is not. It causes severe psychiatric problems, the devastating effects of which can last a lifetime.



“It is a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions, and an affront to musicians everywhere.



“Reprieve

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Absolutely we should all support the end of all torture.

However this particular form has the 'virtue' of being especially attention getting and does actually involve copyright issues. The US military used private intellectual property to inflict torture without the owners' permission.

Musical taste notwithstanding, every little bit of attention is a little more than it got before. Now y'all know what this is, and that makes this campaign successful already.

Hi, this is the first time I have heard about 'music torture'. At first I thought it was going to have an affiliation with copyright laws but this time I was wrong.

There are many ways to torture someone, and sound is just one of them. Why should I support such a small cause when there are clearly more important, less inclusive issues surrounding the world?

The ironic part of this campaign is that Dizzie Rascal's music in itself has the ability to torture innocent civilians, or turn them into arrogant thugs. Campaign about that instead, it might actually make a difference.

yeah, right on indeed!

Brilliant cause, you have our full support.

awesome cause, definitely fully supported by us!

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Dizzee Rascal takes a vow of silence to stop musical torture? Sounds about right... but it's when he breaks his vow of silence the musical torture begins.... on a serious note good cause!