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November 17, 2010

New U.N. Torture Expert Urges U.S. Torture Probe
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The new U.N. expert on torture is calling on the United States to
investigate and prosecute torture committed under former President
George W. Bush. In his first interview since taking over as the new U.N.
Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Ernesto Méndez said, "The United
States has a duty to investigate every act of torture. Unfortunately, we
haven’t seen much in the way of accountability." Méndez also said he
hopes to visit Iraq and Guantánamo Bay to probe widespread torture
allegations. Méndez was himself a victim of torture under the Argentine
dictatorship in the 1970s.



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