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Amnesty Intâl Opposes Military Tribunals
Stop the Presses!!!Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the United States to call off plans to try terrorist suspects before military tribunals, and to give international observers access to prisons in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. ummmmmmm....no. The international human rights organization said it was seriously concerned about persistent allegations of ill-treatment and the refusal of U.S. authorities to grant access to independent human rights organizations and lawyers. ...like the unbiased Amnesia International. "Allegations of abuses such as arbitrary arrests, prolonged incommunicado detention, ill-treatment, interrogations without legal counsel and threats of unfair trials by military bodies are raised each year in the U.S. State Departmentâs reports on human rights practices in other countries," Amnesty International said. "Now they are being made against the U.S. government in the context of its âwar on terror.â" Well boo hoo hoo... A Pentagon spokesman said the U.S. Defense Department would have no comment on the report until Tuesday. Weâll release them under house arrest if Amnesty International members adopt them and allow them to live in their homes. Any takers? "Concern about the interrogations or the possibility of coerced plea bargains is heightened by the USAâs ongoing plans to try selected detainees in front of military commissions," Amnesty said. "These executive bodies will allow a lower standard of evidence than would be admissible in the ordinary courts and will have the power to hand down death sentences." Whatâs odds did the algorithm come up with that Amnesia would take this position, Fred? Posted by: tu3031 2003-08-18 |
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