United States of America: Guantánamo and beyond: The continuing pursuit of unchecked executive power - Executive Summary

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Index Number: AMR 51/083/2005
Date Published: 12 May 2005
Categories: USA, Americas

This is the Executive Summary of a 164-page report of the same title AI index: AMR 51/063/2005. It forms part of AI's ongoing campaigning on detentions in Guantánamo and other US facilities in the "war on terror". This document summarises the main report and has appendices on deaths in custody; witness testimonies; alleged detention; and, interrogation practices and recommendations based on Amnesty's 12-point Programme for the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by Agents of the State.

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