May 26, 2005
Amnesty International Report - United States
United States of America - Amnesty International
Amnesty International released its annual report this week. The United States government was cited for several abuses, several related to our mis-handling of detainees and repression of human rights in regards to our prisons in Guantanamo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Other abuses are related the actions within our borders. Nothing to be proud of, and plenty to think about for change.
Here's a quote "Hundreds of detainees continued to be held without charge or trial at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Thousands of people were detained during US military and security operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and routinely denied access to their families and lawyers.
Military investigations were initiated or conducted into allegations of torture and ill-treatment of detainees by US personnel in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and into reports of deaths in custody and ill-treatment by US forces elsewhere in Iraq, and in Afghanistan and Guantánamo. Evidence came to light that the US administration had sanctioned interrogation techniques that violated the UN Convention against Torture. Pre-trial military commission hearings opened in Guantánamo but were suspended pending a US court ruling.
In the USA, more than 40 people died after being struck by police tasers, raising concern about the safety of such weapons. The death penalty continued to be imposed and carried out."
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