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| UN investigators say U.S. stalling on prison visits |
| 2005-06-23 |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators on Thursday accused the United States of stalling on their request to visit foreign terror suspects at U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay. They said they had had no reply to their year-old request to probe "serious allegations of torture," arbitrary detention and violations of the right to health and due process at Guantanamo. Tell you what, you allow full transparency to your records, especially on the OFF program, and we will let you into see the prisons! Hello? Hello? Kofi hung up on me! "We deeply regret that the government of the United States has still not invited us to visit those persons arrested, detained or tried on grounds of alleged terrorism or other violations in Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Guantanamo Bay naval base," the four "The lack of a definitive answer despite repeated requests suggests that the United States is not willing to cooperate with the United Nations human rights machinery on this issue," they added.Little surprise given your anti-american stances and your lack of willingness to work with us on ANY issue. Their request to visit followed the scandal sparked by photographs taken in the U.S.-run prison of Abu Ghraib in Iraq, showing inmates, some in hoods, being sexually humiliated by soldiers and intimidated with dogs. Phear our non-painful humiliation! The investigators have global U.N. mandates to probe allegations of torture and arbitrary detention as well as ensuring that rights to health and judicial independence are upheld. Activists have expressed alarm that many people arrested since the Sept 11, 2001 attacks on the United States have been held for more than three years without charges being laid, often incommunicado, in a legal blackhole facilitating mistreatment. They are right. We don't need a legal blackhole. Just a hole in the ground to bury these morons. The Pentagon says it is holding 520 men in Guantanamo, mainly detained in Afghanistan. Only four have been charged. |
| Posted by:mmurray821 |
| #8 When the UN finds out that the child prostitutes are on the Cuban side of the fence... maybe they'll want to inspect Cuba's Gulags? |
| Posted by: DANEgerus 2005-06-23 18:26 |
| #7 Hmmm... how long will we have to wait for the UN report on the conditions Matt Maupin's being held in? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-06-23 15:57 |
| #6 Say, whatever happened to that Oil-for-Foo...er, Palaces investigation..??? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-23 15:47 |
| #5 "Uh, yeah, Kofi. This is the cowboy here. When you get back to me about our POWs, and human rights in ZimBOBwe/Sudan/Somalia/Libya/Iran/Saudi/Syria, etc., AND when you kick Libya/Syria/China off the Human Rights commission, then we'll talk. And, oh yeah, the chicken and rice is mighty fine down at Gitmo, but I know you don't dine on less than lobster and fois gras!" |
| Posted by: GWB 2005-06-23 14:14 |
| #4 Note of explanation to the UN: "FOAD" is NOT stalling; it means never. |
| Posted by: Cloluting Wheart7918 2005-06-23 14:09 |
| #3 The UN has no right to access to Gitmo. The Red Cross could, arguably, and has been given access. Just another reason to shut down the UN, knock down the building, sow the site with salt, and never try it again. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-06-23 13:09 |
| #2 Hmmmmmmmmmm. If they haven't been down there yet, how can the AP scream this: U.N. Uncovers Torture at Guantanamo Bay |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-23 11:47 |
| #1 We're not stalling, we're just making sure that their accomodations are ready. "Sir, you'll never understand what it's like until I lock the door, like this *click*." |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-06-23 11:02 |