Amnesty International Calls on EU-U.S. Officials Not to Ignore Human Rights in Fight Against Terrori

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Common Dreams/Amnesty International

April 27, 2007
10:50 AM

Amnesty International Calls on EU-U.S. Officials Not to Ignore Human Rights in Fight Against Terrorism
EU-U.S. Summit Begins Monday in Washington



WASHINGTON - April 27 - Do not continue to ignore the human rights abuses in the fight against terrorism, appealed Amnesty International prior to the EU-U.S. Summit taking place in Washington on Monday, April 30.

The organization urged that this occasion be used to call on the U.S. government to:

- Take practical steps toward the closure of the U.S.-controlled detention center in Guantánamo Bay and other similar facilities around the world;

- End the CIA secret detention program and reveal names and locations of all those still being held in such prisons;

- End the extraordinary renditions program, as urged by the European Parliament.

“Despite mounting global appeals to shut down Guantánamo Bay, it is still filled with hundreds of men who are being held indefinitely and most without charge,” said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA. “Guantánamo Bay is the festering symbol of the Bush administration’s continued contempt for international law and disregard for human rights. The administration cannot continue to justify ongoing human rights violations in the name of national security.”


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