Detainees Treated Fairly at GITMO

[unhappycamper]

Detainees Treated Fairly at GITMO
April 07, 2008
Army News Service|by C. Todd Lopez

WASHINGTON - The recently appointed deputy commander of Joint Task Force - Guantanamo said he knows why many have a hard time letting go of misconceptions about detainee treatment at the facility.

Despite those misconception, Brig. Gen. Greg Zanetti said, detainees from the war on terror held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are being treated fairly.

"I understand why people are reluctant to say (we) are really telling the truth here -- we all remember Abu Ghraib -- it hit us pretty hard," he said. "But we are going to make sure we conduct our operations in a safe and transparent way and it is going to be transparent to the world. So every week we are bringing down some human rights groups. They see every detainee and they talk with them."

Conditions at Guantanamo for detainees are not necessarily pleasant, the general said; after all, they are detainees and suspected terrorists. But the conditions are not inhumane, either and detainees are not being abused.

"The detainees are treated as a detainee should be, so it's not palatial -- they don't have Bowflex machines or hot tubs -- but at the same time, are they mistreated or abused? No. So the only way we can show that is to have people come down and look at the place."


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/news/article/army-news/detainees-treated-fairly-at-gitmo.html?col=1186032369115

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. sure......

and waterboarding is really a sport that should be part of the Olympics.

These people have been held without charge, without trial, without being able to speak to loved ones or real attorneys for how many years? Do they have any hope of release? If they are held "fairly", how come there are not regular visits by the Red Cross, or, better yet, the Red Crescent? Why have so many tried to commit suicide?

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. Absolutely

The reason these detainees are being held outside the reach of the Constitution, without recourse to legal representation, is because the United States legal system is so unfair. :eyes: