Saturday, May 26, 2007

US violated international law on human rights

U.N. expert faults U.S. on human rights in terror laws (Reuters)

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan (center back) addresses the inaugural session of the newly created Human Rights Council at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 19, 2006. The United States apparently violated international law in its military tribunals by using coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, Martin Scheinin, a U.N. investigator said on Friday. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)Reuters - The United States apparently violated international law in its military tribunals by using coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, a U.N. investigator said on Friday.


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