U.N. expert says inmate U.S. torture continues at Guantanamo Bay

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




DECEMBER 13, 2017 / 8:44 AM / UPDATED 34 MINUTES AGO

Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) - An inmate at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is still being tortured, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer said in a statement on Wednesday.

Former President Barack Obama ended the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” via executive order in January 2009, but Melzer said the historic use of torture in CIA custody had not yet led to prosecutions or compensation for victims.

“By failing to prosecute the crime of torture in CIA custody, the U.S. is in clear violation of the Convention against Torture and is sending a dangerous message of complacency and impunity to officials in the U.S. and around the world,” Melzer said in the statement.

The statement cited the case of Ammar al-Baluchi, an inmate in Guantanamo Bay, “where his torture and ill-treatment are reported to continue”.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guantanamo-torture/u-n-expert-says-inmate-u-s-torture-continues-at-guantanamo-bay-idUSKBN1E71QO?il=0

[marble falls]

1. Shame on us. Close Gitmo and sent these people home.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[pandr32]

3. This guy has been tortured for years

At this point, it is meaningless Perhaps al-Baluchi is viewed as nothing more than a human rag doll to practice on. How on earth could anyone believe it is effective?