US Must Disclose All Detention Facilities in 'War On Terror"

[Sticky]

Press Release
US Must Disclose All Detention Facilities in 'War On Terror' and Allow Red Cross Access to All Sites; Press Briefing June 17
6 minutes ago

The United States has established a global network of detention facilities holding suspects in the "war on terror." Some are known, including prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Bagram Air Force Base, and Abu Ghraib. Less well known are additional facilities reported in Afghanistan (news - web sites), Iraq (news - web sites), Pakistan, Jordan, and aboard U.S. ships at sea. All of these facilities operate without the openness and disclosure required by law.

A new report by Human Rights First outlines the known and suspected detention facilities maintained by the United States in the global "war on terror," and explains the rules that mandate greater disclosure and monitoring of how many are detained at these facilities and why they are there.

WHY: Currently, U.S.-operated detention facilities function with excessive secrecy and inadequate oversight -- even the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is not given adequate access to check on the status, health and treatment of detainees. Given the current scandal of abuses at Abu Ghraib and information contained in a series of leaked Justice and Defense Department memos counseling how U.S. officials might avoid laws prohibiting torture, the U.S. needs to openly discuss its detention policies and shed light on the many areas of darkness that remain. Openness will ensure prisoner safety, help protect American troops abroad, and ultimately strengthen U.S. national security.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=669&ncid=669&e=1&u=/usnw/20040616/pl_usnw/us_must_disclose_all_detention_facilities_in__war_on_terror__and_allow_red_cross_access_to_all_sites__press_briefing_june_17118

[sampsonblk]

1. Good luck!

The Bush people don't respect international institutions. They have shown that over and over. So what will come of this? Nothing.

[saigon68]

4. THE CHIMPANZEE AND HIS GANG OF THUGS

Are hoodlums and War Criminals. They respect no laws, power to them flows from a gun barrel.

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. This is good.

Pressure from every corner will help get rid of these B*****ds.

[daleo]

3. Time to do a re-write on "The Gulag Archipelago"

Knock a couple letters out of U.S.S.R., and you have the idea.

[Sticky]

5. Human Rights First

I think it's an organization started by Kerry Kennedy Cuomo.

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/

I hope they keep a light shining on this issue. bushco's torture tactics can't last long under such scrutiny. Sheesh....you'd think the man would be ashamed and embarrassed over the blatent hypocracy of his administration.

[happynewyear]

6. what about here in the USA

Detention facilities here in 'murica? You bet your ASS!

Reveal the truth! That's what I say to this pack of lying war criminals!

[Miss Authoritiva]

7. And aboard U.S. ships at sea?!

So now we're pirates too. Torturers and pirates. We've definitely drifted back into the pre-Enlightenment.