US faces prison ship allegations

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[Sub-Driver]

US faces prison ship allegations The United Nations says it has learned of serious allegations that the US is secretly detaining terrorism suspects, notably on American military ships. The special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said the accusations were rumours at this stage, but urged the US to co-operate in an investigation.

He said the UN wants lists of the places of detention and those held.

The comments come five days after the UN accused the US of stalling on their requests to visit Guantanamo Bay.

Investigators have been asking to visit the jail in Cuba to carry out checks into allegations of human rights abuse.

The UN said for over a year there had been no response to its requests, and it would begin an inquiry into alleged abuses with or without US co-operation.

Washington had yet to grant their request, Mr Nowak said.

[Dahoser]

The special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said the accusations were rumours at this stage, but urged the US to co-operate in an investigation.

As long as Manfred Nowak cooperates in the investigation of rumors that he's got a lust for goats and wears diapers while on the job, I think we can talk.

[Casloy]

The comments come five days after the UN accused the US of stalling on their requests to visit Guantanamo Bay.

Well then, while they are in the area, how about visiting Mr. Castro's prisons?

[fatnotlazy]

I have to ask: What is a "special rapporteur?"

Is that another term for cub reporter? LOL

[JarheadFromFlorida]

If you have not already done so, please sign the petition to get the stinking, corrupt to the core UN out of the USA. Let's help relocate these anti-American thugs to some 3rd world shithole where they belong.

http://moveamericaforward.org/?Page=Petition

[Americanexpat]

They know the detainees are being torured and killed? They make allegations about prison ships, but don't have any proof they exists. Mo wonder these people are irrelevant, hust like the friggen UN.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They're probably the old MSTS troop ships. I made six crossings on these things, Seattle-Yokohama/Yokohama-Seattle. Two weeks at sea seemed like a year.

[Spok]

Trolling for sharks?

[bill1952]

dubbed U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld an "apparent high-level architect of torture

This was said after his $2,000 contribution to the Kerry campaign, correct?

Personally, he had best never visit this part of Florida.
I'n tired of far leftist kooks openly supporting the dems, and the dems always stating that they aren't liberals, but are in fact, mainstream.

As for the ship thing, well, that's old news.
A little bird told me that Saddam was being kept on an aircraft carrier in the gulf for awhile.

[shield]

Hope so....and I hope they're in the very belly of the ship suffering!!!! I know that's 'bout as ugly as it gets....but it's hard to control myself. ;o)

[Tarpon]

Does the U.N. want lists of where terrorists are holding captives and the names of those that cut off heads? Why not? How about the AI freak show, do they want the right to inspect terrorist's captives?

What's the U.N. and AI doing about Zimbabwe and how about inspecting some of Mugabe's prisons. Bet that would be funny. Isn't Mugabe Chiraq's good bud? Real genocide, we don't see no genocide. The U.N. is less than useless.

[bill1952]

I hope that their goal of lowering the turnout in 06 and 08 doesn't work.

[trebb]

The special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said the accusations were rumours at this stage, but urged the US to co-operate in an investigation.

And I say that, while it's only a rumor that this guy secretly helped Michael Jackson seduce little boys, he ought to come clean and start his own investigation into the matter.

[bill1952]

A thing made up to throw money at.

[Old Sarge]

He said the UN wants lists of the places of detention and those held.

Ask the same question to China, VIetnam, Sudan, Niger, Libya, Cuba, Chad, Iran, Uraguay, Argentina...

(taking time to breath)

Paraguay, Angola, North Korea, Ereitrea, Somalia, Pakistan, Chechnya, Bos-Herz, Serbia...

(puff - pant - wheeze)

not to mention the rapist UN workers in Africa, Kofi Jr.'s "money-for-oil-for-food", and any other number of UN 3-card monty games...

(whew, I can rest now)

[TheForceOfOne]

Was it the The Good Ship Lollipop?

[popdonnelly]

Where are we supposed to hold them?

[bill1952]

None of them care one whit about one thing other than their anti US agenda. Period.

[CaptRon]

The United Nations says it has learned of serious allegations that the US is secretly detaining terrorism suspects, notably in zip lock bags in the crisper drawer of Maytag refrigerators. The special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said the accusations were rumours at this stage, but urged the US to co-operate in an investigation.

I have just as much evidence for this allegation as the "rapportuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure" form the UN.

[americanbychoice2]

Manfred Nowak appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

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Subject: [prisoner-rights] Manfred Nowak appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:44:40 +0100

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UNITED NATIONS
Press Release
24 November 2004

United Nations Commission on Human Rights Chairman Mike Smith has
appointed Manfred Nowak of Austria as Special Rapporteur on torture. The
appointment was made on 23 November in consultation with representatives
of the different regional groups in the Commission.

Prof. Nowak is Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights at the
University of Vienna and Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of
Human Rights (BIM). He has served as Judge at the Human Rights Chamber for
Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.

Prof. Nowak was a member of the Austrian delegation to the Commission on
Human Rights for many years before being appointed in 1993 as expert
member of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary
Disappearances. During this term he also served as United Nations expert
on missing persons in the former Yugoslavia. In 2001 he was appointed to
study legal issues relating to the drafting of a binding instrument on
enforced disappearances......................

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[billnaz]

Ah, yes, the BBC, that bastion of all things anti-American! If they really want to report horrible acts of brutality on prison ships, they should learn what happened to Allied prisoners of war on Japanese prison ships during World War II!

Sometimes I wonder why we spent so much blood and treasure to save a country that is chiefly noted for bad food, bad manners, bad teeth, bad weather, and socialized medicine.