UN Critical of Guantanamo
by TChris
Six human rights investigators for the United Nations released a joint statement today criticizing the United States for failing to take more effective action to curb prisoner abuses at Guantanamo. The investigators "voiced fresh concern at reports of inhuman and degrading treatment of inmates at Guantanamo, saying the global fight against terrorism would be weakened if countries failed to uphold basic legal protections."
Recent moves, including the "Combatant Status Review Tribunals" created by the Pentagon last year following a Supreme Court rebuke and the release of four Britons and an Australian held as terrorism suspects, were "insufficient to dispel the serious concerns" over conditions, the inspectors added.
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