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Artikel 13 der Genfer Konvention vom
12. August 1949 besagt, dass
"Kriegsgefangene jederzeit mit Humanität zu behandeln sind" und
dass
sie keiner gefährlichen, demütigenden oder
herabwürdigenden Behandlung
ausgesetzt werden dürfen. Sie müssen vor jedem "Akt der
Gewalt oder
Einschüchterung, vor Beleidigung und öffentlicher Neugier"
geschützt
werden. Artikel 14 betont, dass "Kriegsgefangene unter allen Umständen ein Recht auf Respektierung ihrer Person und ihrer Ehre" haben. Artikel 17 unterstreicht, dass Gefangene, die Antworten verweigern, weder bedroht noch beleidigt noch unangenehmen Situationen welcher Art auch immer ausgesetzt werden dürfen", infolgedessen auch keiner körperlichen oder seelischen Folter oder irgendwelchen anderen Zwängen", mit deren Hilfe sie veranlasst werden sollen, Informationen preiszugeben. |
Die American Civil Liberties Union veröffentlichte gestern mehrere Autopsieberichte von Gefangenen, die sich in Afghanistan und im Irak in US-Gewahrsam befinden und dort bei oder nach Verhören gestorben sind.Die Dokumente zeigen, dass Gefangene vermummt, geknebelt, gewürgt und mit stumpfen Gegenständen geschlagen wurden. Auch wurden Gefangene Schlafentzug und extremer Kälte oder Hitze ausgesetzt.In
21 der 44 veröffentlichten Fälle ist die Todesursache Mord,
in acht
Fällen war Folter durch Mitarbeiter des CIA, der Navy Seals und
des
Militärgeheimdienstes der Grund für das Ableben der Opfer.
Eine große Anzahl der angeblichen "natürlichen"
Todesfälle wurde "arteriosklerotischen kardiovaskulären
Krankheiten" zugeschrieben - koronaren Herzkrankheiten also, die
gewöhnlich erst bei älteren Menschen auftreten. Dabei zeigen
die jetzt veröffentlichten Dokumente, dass das Problem keineswegs
nur die CIA betrifft.
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U.S. Operatives Killed Detainees During Interrogations in Afghanistan and Iraq October 24, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org CIA, Navy Seals and Military Intelligence Personnel Implicated NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today made public an analysis of new and previously released autopsy and death reports of detainees held in U.S. facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom died while being interrogated. The documents show that detainees were hooded, gagged, strangled, beaten with blunt objects, subjected to sleep deprivation and to hot and cold environmental conditions. “There is no question that U.S. interrogations have resulted in deaths,” said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. “High-ranking officials who knew about the torture and sat on their hands and those who created and endorsed these policies must be held accountable. America must stop putting its head in the sand and deal with the torture scandal that has rocked our military.” The documents released today include 44 autopsies and death reports as well as a summary of autopsy reports of individuals apprehended in Iraq and Afghanistan. The documents show that detainees died during or after interrogations by Navy Seals, Military Intelligence and “OGA” (Other Governmental Agency) -- a term, according to the ACLU, that is commonly used to refer to the CIA. According to the documents, 21 of the 44 deaths were homicides. Eight of the homicides appear to have resulted from abusive techniques used on detainees, in some instances, by the CIA, Navy Seals and Military Intelligence personnel. The autopsy reports list deaths by “strangulation,” “asphyxiation” and “blunt force injuries.” An overwhelming majority of the so-called “natural deaths” were attributed to “Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.” While newspapers have recently reported deaths of detainees in CIA custody, today’s documents show that the problem is pervasive, involving Navy Seals and Military Intelligence too. The records reveal the following facts:
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The ACLU has previously released autopsy reports for two detainees who were tortured by U.S. forces in Bagram, Afghanistan, believed to be Mullah Habibullah and an Afghan man known as Dilawar. “These documents present irrefutable evidence that U.S. operatives tortured detainees to death during interrogations,” said Amrit Singh, an attorney with the ACLU. “The public has a right to know who authorized the use of torture techniques and why these deaths have been covered up.” The documents were released by the Department of Defense in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Physicians for Human Rights, Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans for Peace. The New York Civil Liberties Union is co-counsel in the case. As part of the FOIA lawsuit brought by the ACLU, a federal judge recently ordered the Defense Department to turn over photographs and videotapes depicting the abuse of prisoners held by the United States at Abu Ghraib. That decision has been stayed until October 26. The government has not yet indicated whether it is going to appeal the court's decision. The FOIA lawsuit is being handled by Lawrence Lustberg and Megan Lewis of the New Jersey-based law firm Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, P.C. Other attorneys in the case are Singh, Jameel Jaffer, and Judy Rabinovitz of the ACLU; Arthur Eisenberg and Beth Haroules of the NYCLU; and Barbara Olshansky of the Center for Constitutional Rights. To date, more than 77,000 pages of government documents have been released in response to the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The ACLU has been posting these documents online at www.aclu.org/torturefoia. The
documents released today are available online at http://action.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/102405/ ©
http://www.aclu.org/International/International.cfm?ID=19298&c=36 |
USA: Weißes Haus will CIA von Folterverbot ausnehmenNachdem der US-Senat mit überwältigender Mehrheit ein Folterverbot für in US-Gewahrsam befindliche Gefangene beschlossen hatte, tritt das Weiße Haus nun dafür ein, CIA-Mitarbeiter von diesem Verbot auszunehmen.Dem Vorschlag zufolge sollen Anti-Terror-Operationen im Ausland und Einsätze durch ein Organ der amerikanischen Regierung nicht unter das Verbot fallen.Die Bush-Administration begründete ihr Vorgehen, indem sie bekannt gab, das Folterverbot würde ihre Hände im Anti-Terror-Kampf binden.WHouse seeks to shield CIA from detainee rules: reportTue Oct 25, 8:45 AM ET The White House has proposed that CIA employees be exempted from a measure barring cruel and degrading treatment of detainees in U.S. custody, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The proposal states
that the legislation approved by the
U.S. Senate shall not apply to counterterrorism operations
abroad or to operations conducted by "an element of the United
States government" other than the Defense Department, the
newspaper reported, citing two unidentified sources....
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