
This is weird territory for sure; Musicians call for release of records on Guantanamo detainee treatment:
Dozens of musicians endorsed a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the National Security Archive, a Washington-based independent research institute, seeking the declassification of all records related to the use of music in interrogation practices. The artists also launched a formal protest of the use of music in conjunction with torture.This hits pretty close to home for me. In the year 2000, I myself was forced to listen to the rapper Eminem's song "The Real Slim Shady" for 20 days by a person who shall remain nameless, and I can personally attest to its damaging psychological effects.
Specific songs mentioned include Queen's "We Are the Champions" and "March of the Pigs" by industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails. Another former prisoner, Binyam Mohamed, told Human Rights Watch that he had been forced to listen to the rapper Eminem's song "The Real Slim Shady" for 20 days.
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