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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 01:22 PM
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UN alleges torture at Guantanamo
The World putting pressure on this Regime is a big plus.

snip< In a 40-page report, which had already been largely leaked, five United Nations special envoys said the United States was violating a host of human rights, including a ban on torture, arbitrary detention and the right to a fair trial.


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The United States government should close the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities without further delay," the human rights rapporteurs declared



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/rights_un_guantanamo_dc;_ylt=AiuU4mpDhhfYK7wSeJqWzyms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
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Comadreja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 01:35 PM
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1. So why is the military sacrosanct?
Is this the only major country where criticism of the military is political death?

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