U.N. Report Slams Use of Torture to Beat Terror

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U.N. Report Slams Use of Torture to Beat Terror

 

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Published on Friday, November 12, 2004 by the Inter Press Service

U.N. Report Slams Use of Torture to Beat Terror

by Thalif Deen

 

In view of the U.N. position, the appointment of Gonzales as the new

U.S. attorney general is a slap in the face of the international

community, says Matt Rothschild, editor of 'The Progressive' magazine.

 

''Bush is thumbing his nose at the international community and all

those who respect human rights by nominating Gonzales,'' Rothschild

told IPS.

 

''In other words, Gonzales is a prima facie war criminal. He must be

prosecuted under the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act,''

Boyle told IPS.

 

In any event, the U.S. Senate must reject his nomination, because, as

a presumptive war criminal, Gonzales is not fit to be attorney general

of the United States, he continued.

 

''Should Gonzales travel around the world in that capacity, human

rights lawyers such as myself will attempt to get him prosecuted along

the lines of what happened to (former Chilean dictator) General

(Pinochet,'' said Boyle, author of 'Destroying World Order'.

 

Jordan J Paust, law foundation professor at the University of Houston,

agrees with Boyle's thesis.

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