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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sully- who wrote (48645)	6/1/2005 7:55:37 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

It's astonishing that rightwingers fail repeatedly to distinguish between individual behavior and ADMINISTRATION POLICY. This administration purposefully put Gitmo, extraordinary rendition and Abu Ghraib outside of the law. Why? Why not bring suspected terrorists to the US of A where prisons abound? Why? That would require adhering to US law. Ooops! That means no policy of torture. That means no policy of descrating the Koran. That means no policy of perverted sexual activities. That means no responsibility, no oversight, no charges, no consequences. This is Bush administration POLICY. Get it? Understand it. Bush is immoral and to continue supporting an immoral president is immoral.

To: Sully- who wrote (48645)	6/1/2005 8:20:41 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE AI Index: AMR 51/087/2005 (Public) News Service No: 149 31 May 2005 USA: Response to President Bush President Bush again failed to address longstanding concerns regarding US detention policies and practices in the context of the "war on terror", Amnesty International said in response to his comments today. At Guantánamo, the US has operated an isolated prison camp in which people are confined arbitrarily, held virtually incommunicado, without charge, trial or access to due process. Not a single Guantánamo detainee has had the legality of their detention reviewed by a court, despite the Supreme Court ruling of last year. "Guantánamo is only the visible part of the story. Evidence continues to mount that the US operates a network of detention centres where people are held in secret or outside any proper legal framework -– from Afghanistan to Iraq and beyond," said Amnesty International. US interrogation and detention policies and practices during the "war on terror", have deliberately and systematically breached the absolute prohibition of torture and Ill-treatment. Individuals held in US custody have been transferred for interrogation to countries known to practice torture. "If President Bush and his administration are serious about freedom and human dignity they should recommit to the rule of law and human rights." Amnesty International continues to call on the US administration to: * end all secret and incommunicado detentions; * grant the International Committee of the Red Cross full access to all detainees including those held in secret locations; * ensure recourse to the law for all detainees; * establish a full independent commission of inquiry into all allegations of torture, ill-treatment, arbitrary detentions and "disappearances"; * bring to justice anyone responsible for authorizing or committing human rights violations Background Information When asked to comment about Amnesty International’s report during a White House Briefing President Bush said: "I'm aware of the Amnesty International report, and it's absurd. (…) The United States is a country that promotes freedom around the world. When there's accusations made about certain actions by our people, they're fully investigated in a transparent way." For more information, please see: "Guantánamo and beyond: The continuing pursuit of unchecked executive power": web.amnesty.org "USA: Human dignity denied: Torture and accountability in the 'war on terror' ": web.amnesty.org Public Document **************************************** For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566 Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW. web: amnesty.org For latest human rights news view news.amnesty.org