Posted on 06/10/2006 4:24:14 PM PDT by new yorker 77
To: National Desk
Contact: Amnesty International USA Press Office, 202-544-0200 ext. 302
WASHINGTON, June 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Jumana Musa, Amnesty International USA's advocacy director for Domestic Human Rights and International Justice, made the following statement in response to the deaths of three detainees held in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba:
"These apparent suicides, while regrettable, are the tragic results of years of arbitrary and indefinite detention, and the latest chapter in the human rights travesty that has emerged from years of the administration's attempts to circumvent the rule of law. Amnesty International, the International Committee of the Red Cross, detainees' attorneys and others have long expressed grave concern over the psychological deterioration that results from prolonged detention without charge, trial, or any indication that their situation will be resolved.
"Amnesty International called for the closure of Guantanamo over a year ago, and the UN, the EU, and several U.S. allies have echoed that call. While the United States has an obligation to protect its citizens and those living within its borders from attacks by armed groups, that obligation does not relieve it from its absolute responsibility to comply with human rights and the rule of law. By rounding up men from all over the world and confining them in an isolated penal colony without charge or trial, the United States has violated several U.S. and international laws and treaties.
"Simple statements by the administration that these men are 'enemy combatants,' 'terrorists,' or 'very bad people' does not justify the complete lack of due process rights. Amnesty International calls on President Bush to close the detention facilities in Guantanamo, and either charge detainees with a recognizable criminal offense and give them a fair trial, or release them unconditionally. The President recently stated that he would like to 'end the Guantanamo.' He does not have to wait for the Supreme Court or any other governmental body to make it happen. Guantanamo and all of the various processes that came with it were a creation of the President and the executive branch, and the administration can choose to end this ill-advised policy.
"The Administration should stop trying to minimize the desperate actions of detainees with language that does not reflect the seriousness of the matter at hand. Colorful euphemisms such as 'manipulative self injurious behavior' and 'hanging gestures,' both used by the administration to refer to suicide attempts in the past, only belittle the gravity of the situation that detainees are facing and the extreme measures they are willing to take to escape the hopelessness with which they view their situation.
"Today's reported suicides of detainees in Guantanamo should serve as a wake up call to President Bush and his administration that Guantanamo is not just a public relations problem, but instead an indictment on its deteriorating human rights record."
http://www.usnewswire.com/
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/© 2006 U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
How about artificially induced virgin attainment activities?
I would have thought they were the results of tying a sheet around one's neck, standing on a stool, then kicking the stool away.
yawn. maybe the military should quit taking prisoners, thus leaving no prisoner problem for the administration to deal with.
"These apparent suicides"
SOROS bankrolled wordsmiths at work.
Makes for a big nameplate on her desk, doesn't it?
You left out gravity.
Are they dead, or aren't they?
'Sfunny. I don't regret them. Anyone here regret them? Bueller?
Hmmmmm, veddy interesting.....is there an implication that perhaps these "suspected terrorists" were what??? Murdered????? Veddy interesting......
Wonderful news- now on the talk shows tomrrow they will have two lurking possibilities:
1) Zarq survived the bombing, only to be murdered in cold blood by GI's.
2) 3 unlawfully imprisoned men tragically committed suicide in Gitmo.
popcorn?
Did the US sign a treaty where we agree to fight all wars with one arm tied behind our back? I think I missed that one.
Come to think of it, I wouldn't put something like that past Carter, or Clinton for that matter.
I have Heineken Lights in the fridge.
I will drink one to honor the truth of real elections along with real success in Iraq as opposed to the FAKE NEWS and the FAKE POLLS.
Well, well, well:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646980/posts?page=58#58
You bring the popcorn, I'll bring the Blood-Marys.
Hmm... How about we offer an exchange program?
Amnesty International activists takes the place of terrorists, and the terrorists go to work at any Amnesty International office "outside" our borders.
If the terrorist ditches AI or commits an act of terror, the activist agrees to remain in custody until ransomed back by AI for several million dollars U.S. and a promise never to protest the detention of a terrorist or suspected terrorist again. And if the terrorist does commit an act of terror, an additional death payment for every death caused by the terrorist of several million dollars to the families of the deceased.
It is easy enough for Amnesty International to protest and demand the release of terrorists. It is another thing for them to promise to pay up if they're wrong.
"These apparent suicides, while regrettable, are the tragic results of years of arbitrary and indefinite detention..."
Yeah. So?
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