rawstory.com - 1/23/2009
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The UN's special torture rapporteur called on the US Tuesday to pursue former president George W. Bush and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture and bad treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. "Judicially speaking, the United States has a clear obligation" to bring proceedings against ...
google.com - 1/20/2009
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google.com —
22 hours ago BERLIN (AFP) The UN's special
torture rapporteur called on the US Tuesday to pursue...
former president George W. Bush and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture and bad treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. "Judicially speaking, the ...
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AFP: Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN ...
harpers.org - 1/21/2009
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harpers.org —
In an interview on Tuesday evening with the
German television program “Frontal 21,” on channel ZDF Professor...
Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Rapporteur responsible for torture, stated that with George W. Bush’s head of state immunity now terminated, ...
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SCOTT HORTON—UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal ...
rawstory.com - 1/27/2009
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rawstory.com —
Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture
Manfred Nowak told CNN's Rick Sanchez that the US...
has an "obligation" to investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, adding that he believes that there is already enough ...
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UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for ...
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UN may prosecute Bush administration
BlondeSense —
It's not surprising that since it's up to politicians to bring charges against Bush and Rumsfeld for war crimes, nothing will ever be done about it... but the UN can do something. The war crimes of the previous administration weighed heavily on my heart. I never in my life could believe that I would have to pay taxes to support this sort of government. I will support any action that the UN takes. Gladly. Also, have you read about this? ...
Just what is our responsibility?
The Reaction —
... Padilla’s rights in connection with his unusual detention on U.S. soil, without charges or a trial Torture -- is probably the easiest to see as outrageous, unlawful, not what the United States is about, etc. The world is not shy about pointing this out to us. For example, from Buzz Flash: comes the report that "Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN rappporteur*" (1/20/09). See also, The Raw Story#. To quote: "Judicially speaking, the United States has a ...
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