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•8 reviews since Mar 13, 2008
liberties, cia, politics
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marco1173 rated 3 months ago- Torture = Crime
- BluePeriphery rated 4 months ago
- I was going to comment about how I can't understand why or how people allow this to happen, but then I read Luke771's comments and was just stunned by the complete lack of conscience or even a hint of ethics. How is it that the right wing nuts speak of higher morals while having none at all.
- dumolebrad rated 4 months ago
- From the page: "Torture and enforced disappearance are both crimes under international law. They cannot be justified under any circumstances."
- Luke771 rated 4 months ago
- I don't get it: why are those guys released in the first place? So they can tell what happens?
I mean, if I was the CIA, the Army or whatever, I wouldn't release them. I'd kill them, and no-one would know that I've done illegal stuff.
They release them, so they _want_ us to know about illegal detainings,secret prisons, torture, etc.
The only thing I don't get is _why_?
What do they gain by letting the people know what they do? - I don't get it: why are those guys released in the first place? So they can tell what happens?
- zandria rated 4 months ago
- Why is our country above the law? Why do we get to do anything we please, but expect the highest standards from others? sad
- LivesInBlack rated 4 months ago
- Sorry I just can't foresee myself caring.
- largeGROUCH rated 4 months ago
- Khaled Abdu Ahmed Saleh al-Maqtari, Yemen, October 2007. © Amnesty International. Former detainee reveals details of secret CIA program 14 March 2008 The cruelty and illegality of the US government's program of secret detentions can be illustrated by one man's story. It is the story of a man who was never charged with any crime, but who was held in secret CIA custody for nearly three years, becoming the victim of enforced disappearance. This man is 31-year-old Yemeni national Khaled Abdu Ahmed Saleh al-Maqtari, one of the men most recently released from the CIA's secret detention program. In interviews with Amnesty International, he has given a full account of his ordeal since he was taken into custody by US forces in Iraq in January 2004. Initially held in Abu Ghraib, Khaled al-Maqtari was transferred first to a CIA secret prison in Afghanistan, and then, in April 2004, to a second secret prison in an unidentified country - possibly in Eastern Europe. He was held there in complete isolation for a further 28 months, before being sent to Yemen and eventually released in May 2007. His account contains numerous allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in detention. These include prolonged isolation, repeating beatings, sleep deprivation, forced nudity, exposure to extremes of hot and cold, as well as sensory deprivation and overload with bright lighting and loud music or repeated sound effects. The effects of torture Khaled al-Maqtari is now a free man, but he suffers the effects of psychological and physical torture and other ill-treatment. The abuses that have affected him most, he said, were the years of endless isolation, his total uncertainty about his future, the constant monitoring by cameras and his segregation from the outside world, particularly the lack of contact with his family. "At no point during his 32-month confinement was Khaled al-Maqtari told where he was or why. He did not have access to lawyers, relatives or any person other than his interrogators and the personnel involved in his detention and transfers. This clearly violates the USA's international obligations. The US government has a case to answer", said Anne FitzGerald, Senior Adviser at Amnesty International, who interviewed Khaled al-Maqtari. Khaled al-Maqtari has not received any reparation from US authorities, who have yet to even acknowledge his detention. Torture and enforced disappearance are both crimes under international law. They cannot be justified under any circumstances. Amnesty International has called on the US authorities to end these practices and bring those responsible for human rights violations to justice.
- JMauser rated 4 months ago
- Why do we get away with this? It's a disgrace for every American citizen.
