Hilarious
- Posted by Martin on May 19th, 2006 filed in General, International, Martin
A United Nations panel on torture tells the United States to close down Guantanamo Bay.
The panel is composed of 10 special investigators, or rapporteurs, who make periodic reports on compliance with the international treaty banning terrorism, which the United States has signed.
It would be interesting to know which countries these 10 jokers come from, but the New York Times doesn’t see fit to inform us.
The panel challenged the Bush administration’s practice of sending prisoners to countries where torture has been known to occur. American officials told the investigators that it only did so after receiving assurances that there would be no abuse, but the panel said that such pledges should only be accepted from countries which have good records on human rights, and after an examination of the details of an invididual case.
I think a middle finger raised in the direction of this ‘panel’ would be the correct response.
Tags: UN, torture, Gitmo, Guantanamo, human rights, terrorist interrogation
Rorschach says:
Yeah, but what are the chances we’ll just bend over and take it again?
Used to be our standard response to them…:mad:
raz0r says:
Does it really matter where they’re from? We all know that the new committe was made with mostly member nations who have terrible human rights. Tell them to clean up their own house first, and that includes the closets.
Stop The ACLU says:
ACLU Applauds U.N.’s Suggestion For U.S. To Close Gitmo
This just in from the ACLU: Free the terrorists!!!
The American Civil Liberties Union today welcomed the recommendations of the U.N. Committee Against Torture which called for an end to U.S. policies that condone torture and abuse. The recommendation…