It is time for the citizens of this great country to demand an immediate ban on all forms of torture and a shutdown of the ‘medieval’ prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Abu Ghraib in Iraq and Bagram in Afghanistan. Our government officials are behaving like hoodlums and clones of Saddam Hussein by allowing these despicable practices to continue. The practice of rendition, whereby victims are kidnapped and sent to brutal interrogation facilities (black sites), must be halted immediately. The 460 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay have been imprisoned, for almost four years without charge. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, most of the prisoners, some young teenagers, are innocent of any crimes. Their continual detention makes a complete mockery of our claim to be a law abiding nation. Our government should heed the UN panel which recently called for the immediate closure of Guantanamo and an end to the abusive treatment of prisoners. The U.S. ratified the treaty to ban all forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in 1994. It is time for our government to hear our collective voices. We do not have the right to remain silent on issues of human dignity.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Torture of Prisoners 5-24-2006
24, May 2006 Torture of Prisoners
It is time for the citizens of this great country to demand an immediate ban on all forms of torture and a shutdown of the ‘medieval’ prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Abu Ghraib in Iraq and Bagram in Afghanistan. Our government officials are behaving like hoodlums and clones of Saddam Hussein by allowing these despicable practices to continue. The practice of rendition, whereby victims are kidnapped and sent to brutal interrogation facilities (black sites), must be halted immediately. The 460 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay have been imprisoned, for almost four years without charge. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, most of the prisoners, some young teenagers, are innocent of any crimes. Their continual detention makes a complete mockery of our claim to be a law abiding nation. Our government should heed the UN panel which recently called for the immediate closure of Guantanamo and an end to the abusive treatment of prisoners. The U.S. ratified the treaty to ban all forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in 1994. It is time for our government to hear our collective voices. We do not have the right to remain silent on issues of human dignity.
It is time for the citizens of this great country to demand an immediate ban on all forms of torture and a shutdown of the ‘medieval’ prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Abu Ghraib in Iraq and Bagram in Afghanistan. Our government officials are behaving like hoodlums and clones of Saddam Hussein by allowing these despicable practices to continue. The practice of rendition, whereby victims are kidnapped and sent to brutal interrogation facilities (black sites), must be halted immediately. The 460 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay have been imprisoned, for almost four years without charge. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, most of the prisoners, some young teenagers, are innocent of any crimes. Their continual detention makes a complete mockery of our claim to be a law abiding nation. Our government should heed the UN panel which recently called for the immediate closure of Guantanamo and an end to the abusive treatment of prisoners. The U.S. ratified the treaty to ban all forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in 1994. It is time for our government to hear our collective voices. We do not have the right to remain silent on issues of human dignity.
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