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June 25, 2009

UN Human Rights Chief: Prosecute Bush Admin Officials who OKed Torture
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As new allegations surface at Bagram, the UN’s top human rights official
is calling for the release or trial of Guantanamo Bay prisoners and the
prosecution of US officials who authorized their torture. On Wednesday,
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said, “People who order
or inflict torture cannot be exonerated, and the roles of certain
lawyers, as well as doctors who have attended torture sessions, should
also be scrutinized.” Pillay also criticized President Obama’s plan to
continue the indefinite imprisonment of Guantanamo prisoners without
charge, saying, “There should be no half-measures or new creative ways
to treat people as criminals when they have not been found guilty of any
crime.”



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