United States of America: "We don't torture people in America"

United States of America: "We don't torture people in America"

Índice AI: AMR 51/128/2003
Fecha de publicación: 19 octubre 2003
Categorías: Estados Unidos, América

President George Bush and military spokesmen have denied accusations that detainees in Bagram, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba are being subjected to torture and ill-treatment. The detainees held in Guantánamo, Bagram and elsewhere are at the mercy of the executive. None has access to any US court to be able to challenge the circumstances of their arrest, the conditions of their detention or their treatment during interrogation. The US Government continues to challenge every attempt to obtain justice in the courts for the detainees.