William Schulz
William Schulz
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The Security Council should not only explicitly reiterate that there can be no impunity for crimes under international law, but also must decide on concrete action to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice.
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It's no wonder that the United States was ousted from the United Nations human rights commission,
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And in some cases, at least, we know they are being mistreated, abused, tortured and even killed.
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Amnesty International calls today on foreign governments to uphold their obligations under international law by investigating all senior U.S. officials involved in the torture scandal.
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Prosecutions of primarily lower-level military personnel create the impression that those on the front lines are the scapegoats for policy set at the top.
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The White House has dodged the truth about torture for too long. With reports of torture in the news virtually every day, it is imperative the president and all in his administration end the secrecy and end the torture. This campaign will allow thousands of Americans to demand that torture in our names is not committed again and insist that the president speak the truth in his State of the Union address about this heinous crime.
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Only the deployment of sufficient numbers of troops with logistical support by UN member states will provide the protection that the civilians so desperately need.
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Any nation that is party to the Geneva Conventions ... is obligated under international law to investigate those who are alleged to be involved with the formulation of a policy of torture or with its carrying out,
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We have documented the use of torture and mistreatment, widespread throughout the world. We have documented that the U.S. government is a leading purveyor and practitioner of the odious human rights violation.
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Untie the hands of state and federal judges and prosecutors, ... Give them options other than turning the courts into assembly lines that mass produce mandatory life-without-parole sentences for children.