HRW tells Obama to investigate Bush on detainee abuse

[EFerrari]

HRW tells US President:
Probe Bush administration human rights violations

US has legal obligations to probe crimes. If US doesn’t act, other countries should:

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon US President Barrack Obama to investigate allegations of detainee abuse authorized by former US President George W. Bush while stating that there should be no double standards on issues of human rights abuses.

It claimed in a report published on its website that overwhelming evidence of torture has surfaced obliging current President Obama to order a criminal investigation into the allegations.

It further added that the US was right to call for justice over allegations in places like Darfur, Libya and Sri Lanka but that there should be no double standards as the shielding of its own officials makes it easier for others to dismiss global efforts to bring violators to justice. The report on the HRW website said, among other things -

Overwhelming evidence of torture by the Bush administration obliges President Barack Obama to order a criminal investigation into allegations of detainee abuse authorized by former President George W. Bush and other senior officials.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/07/12/news01.asp

[indepat]

1. Look for the administration to hop on this in nano speed like ugly on an

ape. :patriot:

[WinkyDink]

2. Obama tells HRW to go eat peas!

[EFerrari]

4. LOL

[Rex]

3. Why would they care about the past? The GOPigs have already

re-written what they want our future generations to know.

[Jefferson23]

5. There is no double standard, our looking forward is a united front..get

with the program HRW.

[Liberalynn]

6. That will happen

:spray:

[FiveGoodMen]

7. Might just as well have asked Bush to investigate himself

[EFerrari]

8. Great slapdown of Bush torture apologist by Ken Roth of HRW

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/12/a_debate_on_human_rights_watchs