UN official speaks out against US, demands release of Senate human torture findings

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  1. Marshal

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    So many high level officials are coming out about the US conduct. Too numerous to count. Should the US release the report detailing its conduct in human torture or will the report merely contain the words "all work and no play makes jack a dull boy" repeated over and over?

    http://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/6/headlines#363

    A top United Nations investigator is calling on the United States to release the findings of a classified probe into the US torture program under President George W. Bush. On Tuesday, Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special reporter on human rights and counterterrorism, urged the Obama White House to hand over a confidential Senate investigation that details the torture of prisoners in U.S. custody. Speaking before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Emmerson said the United States can no longer ignore global demands for transparency and accountability when it comes to torture.

    Ben Emmerson: "Many of the states involved, including of course the United States, have made strenuous efforts over the past decade to keep their involvement in the US program of international crimes hidden from public scrutiny. But despite the care with which this wall of silence has been so painstakingly erected, it has not proved to be impenetrable. The case is steadily building for the adoption of a comprehensive strategy to secure public accountability for the past and to bring to justice those officials within the U.S., Europe and elsewhere that were complicit in this global network of crimes. The calls for the past to be confronted are fast approaching a critical mass."

    Emmerson has also asked Britain to disclose the findings of its inquiry into what British officials knew of the torture program when they helped carry it out.
     

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