AI wants Bush on trial over torture
Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:45PM
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Former President George W. Bush admitted to authorizing water-boarding against detainees.美國前總統布什承認授權以水刑對被拘留者。
The London-based Amnesty International (AI) has called for a criminal investigation into former US President George W. Bush's admission of torture.
設在倫敦的大赦國際（AI）呼籲一項刑事調查，對前美國總統布殊的酷刑承認。
The rights group's call comes after Bush confirmed in his recently released memoirs, Decision Points, that he authorized the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" against detainees held in secret US custody.
人權組織的呼龥在布殊於他最近發表的回憶錄抉擇時刻證實後，他授權對被秘密關押在美國的拘留者，使用“強化的審訊技巧”。
Exactly six days after the September 11 attacks, Bush authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to set up secret detention facilities outside the US.
正確地在9月11日襲擊事件的六天後，布殊授權中央情報局（CIA）在美國以外設立秘密拘留設施。
Amnesty claims multiple human rights violations were committed against detainees in the name of the so-called 'war on terror.'
大赦宣稱多宗對被拘留者犯下人權侵犯，以所謂'反恐戰爭'的名義。
Additionally, in an 8 November 2010 interview with Matt Lauer on NBC, Bush stated that he had authorized the use of "water boarding" and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" against alleged "high-value detainees." During the interview, Bush focused on the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
"Would it be OK for a foreign country to waterboard an American citizen?" Lauer asked.
"It's all I ask is that people read the book. And they can reach the same conclusion. If they'd have made the same decision I made or not," replied Bush.
According to a report released by the CIA Inspector General, Mohammed was water-boarded 183 times. Mohammed had spent three and a half years in a solitary confinement in secret locations before being transferred to military custody in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he continues to languish without trial.
Amnesty is calling for Bush and others involved in torture to be tried under the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the US ratified in 1994.
"Under international law, the former President's admission to having authorized acts that amount to torture are enough to trigger the USA's obligations to investigate his admissions and if substantiated, to prosecute him," AI said.
"Failure to investigate and prosecute in circumstances where the requisite criteria are met is itself a violation of international law," it added.
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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/150441.html
布殊辯稱酷刑救了許多人
(明報)2010年11月10日 星期三 08:25
美國前總統布殊為他授權反恐人員酷刑逼供恐怖疑犯自辯，指全靠使用「水刑」逼供，挽救了很多人性命。
布殊在回憶錄中說，這種給受刑人造成溺水感覺的「水刑」，幫助英國當局，瓦解了針對倫敦希斯魯機場和倫敦金融城的爆炸陰謀。
英國唐寧街10號拒絕作出評論。英國首相府曾經認定，「水刑」是「酷刑折磨」。
布殊的回憶錄《抉擇時刻》，正在英國《泰晤士報》上連載刊登。目前布殊正在推銷自己的回憶錄。
他在接受《泰晤士報》採訪時，為自己在任時做出的最為有爭議的決定，進行了辯護。他說，使用「水刑」審訊恐怖疑犯，拯救了很多人的性命，並防止了恐怖襲擊。
布殊證實，在任內批准使用「水刑」這種刑訊方式，對911攻擊的幕後指使丈哈立德．謝赫．穆罕默德進行審訊。他在採訪中表示，這麼做「絕對正確」。
他對於沒有在伊拉克找到大規模殺傷性武器感到遺憾，但仍然認為攻打伊拉克的決定是正確的。他指出，沒有薩達姆讓世界更美好。
布殊在此前一次電視訪問中，被問及是否考慮就未能在伊拉克找到大規模殺傷性武器而道歉時，他說，「道歉就是意味著決定是錯誤的」，「我不認為那個決定是錯誤的。」
（英國廣播公司）
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101110/4/l65g.html
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