U.S. Ex-President: "This is an Embarrassment to the People in my Country..."
Posted by USHOSTAGE1 at 12/14/2007 2:04 PM 
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| Carter slams US rights practices Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:43:23 | |
Carter said US detention centers in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and in Iraq may one day have infamy as historic places where human rights were abused. "This is an embarrassment to the people in my country to know that my own nation's government now disavows the principles that were in the forefront of the world's consciousness in the late 1970s," Carter said, speaking Wednesday evening at the Carter Center. Carter said the US lead "war on terror" has obliterated the objectives established during his presidency, such as reducing torture, arbitrary arrest, and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners. "We know that prisoners are incarcerated now under the control of the United States without any charges made against them for years and years. The administration and Congress have become immune to the tragedy of human rights violations under the aegis of security." "We say in order for us rich folks to be secure, we can deprive others of their civil rights" Carter added, stressing the importance of reviewing the history of past human rights abuses. FBA/PA |
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