Muhammad Posted May 25, 2005 LONDON May 25, 2005 — Amnesty International castigated the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay as a failure Wednesday, calling it "the gulag of our time" in the human rights group's harshest rebuke yet of American detention policies. Amnesty urged Washington to shut down the prison at the U.S. Navy's base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where some 540 men are held on suspicion of links to Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime or the al-Qaida terror network. Some have been jailed for more than three years without charge. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Amnesty's complaints were "ridiculous and unsupported by the facts." He said allegations of prisoner mistreatment are investigated. Top Stories "We hold people accountable when there's abuse. We take steps to prevent it from happening again. And we do so in a very public way for the world to see that we lead by example and that we do have values that we hold very dearly and believe in," McClellan told reporters. In its annual report, Amnesty accused governments around the world of abandoning human rights protections. It said Sudan failed to protect its people from one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and charged Haiti promoted human rights abusers. But one of the biggest disappointments in the human rights arena was with the United States, Amnesty said, "after evidence came to light that the U.S. administration had sanctioned interrogation techniques that violated the U.N. Convention against Torture." "Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time," Amnesty Secretary General Irene Khan said as the London-based group issued a 308-page annual report that accused the United States of shirking its responsibility to set the bar for human rights protections. The prison camp has been in the spotlight over the past year since the FBI cited cases of aggressive interrogation techniques and detainee mistreatment. The U.S. government has also been criticized for not charging or trying prisoners who are classified as enemy combatants, a vague distinction with fewer legal protections than prisoner of wars get under the Geneva Conventions. more.... full world coverege Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pacifist Posted May 25, 2005 It's very frustrating the injustice happening to those detainee's. The muslim Chapleen Capt James Yee sorry don't know his muslim name but just like that he was a chapleen at the Guantanamo and said that he was accused of espionage Accused of espionage, Army Capt. James Yee saw his notoriety bloom overnight. He was vilified on the airwaves and on the Internet as an operative in a supposed spy ring that aimed to pass secrets to al-Qaeda from suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where Yee ministered to them. After his arrest, Yee was blindfolded, placed in manacles and taken to a Navy brig, where he spent 76 days in solitary confinement. Eight months later, all the criminal charges against the 36-year-old West Point graduate have melted away. A subsequent reprimand has been removed from his record. And while many legal analysts are questioning whether a security-conscious military over-reached in its investigation, Yee is back home at Fort Lewis, Wash., pondering what remains of his military career. Military officials involved in the case won't say what they thought they had on Yee, or why they pursued him with such zeal. Prosecutions are proceeding against three other men — two Arabic translators and an Army Reserve colonel — who worked at Guantanamo, where the military is holding nearly 600 suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives captured in Afghanistan and elsewhere. ------------------------------------------------- They ruined his career, planned bogus charges against him and for what after year and half they drop all charges against him because they don't have enough evidence. :mad: Please amnesty can not do much to the US, who is investigating this The FBI please bunch of crap I say. They are giving me blood pressure. Where is the International Court and the other nations. What America does America gets away with it but You will not get away from Allah. Am out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhammad Posted May 25, 2005 Pacifist hat America does America gets away with it but You will not get away from Allah. One of the Names of Allah that is not often said is, AL-MUNTAQIM, THE AVENGER. Allah is the Avenger!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pacifist Posted May 25, 2005 True br Salax u diin AL-MUNTAQIM, THE AVENGER. Allah will surely avenge the injustice. Jazakallah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haddad Posted May 25, 2005 Originally posted by Salax u diin: He said allegations of prisoner mistreatment are investigated. Does it make a sense the US will prosecute (after investigations) its best men & woman who are waging the war on terror? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muhammad Posted May 27, 2005 ^ bro Haddad ofcourse not! the dead dog here is the so called international law. there is no such thing anymore, if the united states and company continue abusing the little international order that is left, then we are back to the Jaahiliyah, we actually are in the Jaahiliyah, when the strong eats the weak. alas, there will come a time when the u.s. will regret, when her deeds catch up with her, I fear we are at the wrong place in the wrong time! Hijrah should be an open option for all of us. Amani! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haddad Posted May 27, 2005 Originally posted by Salax u diin: Hijrah should be an open option for all of us. Where do you recommend for Hijrah? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
