The US is violating UN rules by refusing unmonitored access to the Army private who is accused of passing secret documents to WikiLeaks, the UN’s chief torture investigator has said.
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Mr Mendez said the US had told him Mr Manning was being treated better now than when he was in Quantico.
But the UN investigator said the US must allow him to determine whether the conditions at Quantico that Pte Manning experienced amounted to “torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”.
“For that, it is imperative that I talk to Mr Manning under conditions where I can be assured that he is being absolutely candid,” Mr Mendez said in a statement.
Mr Mendez said that because the US is a “strong supporter of the international human rights system”, the country’s actions “must seek to set the pace in good practices that enhance the role of human rights mechanisms, ensuring and maintaining unfettered access to detainees during enquiries”.
Everything about the way Bradley Manning has been treated, every step of the way reveals the true colors of American civil liberties and broadcasts it to the world. Do as we say world, not as we do.
I thought the Bush “Big American Bully” Years were over. I’m not seeing the change I can believe in, not when it comes to this bullshit anyways.
The word Freedom is seriously depreciating in value around here.
