La petite école de la torture

Soumis par tatien le lundi, 10 mai, 2004 - 12:13 Référence

Un article du Globe and Mail révèle que les changements dans la façon de traiter les prisonniers de Abu Ghraib ont été introduits à la suite d'un changement de commandement. L'automne dernier, le Général Geoffrey Miller a été mis à la tête de la prison. La dernière fonction du Général était la direction d'une autre prison militaire: celle de Guantanamo Bay! Ça nous en dit long sur ce qui se passe à Guantanamo Bay, où sont détenus depuis trois ans des prisonniers pris par les forces américaines en Afghanistan sans que leur soit reconnu le statut de prisonniers de guerre, tel qu'établi par la convention de Genève.

The change in procedure followed the dispatch to Iraq last fall of Major-General Geoffrey Miller, who previously ran the Guantanamo Bay detention centre for terrorist suspects from Afghanistan, where U.S. authorities feel they are not obliged to treat detainees under the Geneva Conventions that cover prisoners of war.

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Sévices en Irak Tortures et "retour sur investissement"

by tatien on 12 mai, 2004 - 19:07Score: 0

Un article de L'Humanité explique la commercialisation et la privatisation de la torture:

La firme CACI International, à qui des prises en charge d’" interrogatoires renforcés " ont été confiées, se vante d’un succès commercial croissant.

Not applied to Iraqi detainees were the techniques approved by the Pentagon in April 2003 for use at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, where suspected al-Qaeda terrorists are held, according to a senior Pentagon official who discussed the matter on condition of anonymity.
Instead, guards and interrogators in Iraq were expected to follow the Geneva Conventions and other international rules against cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of prisoners. Army investigations have found that military police were given little or no training in such legal issues.
The techniques approved for use in Cuba were reported in Sunday's Washington Post.

Newsweek magazine reported in this week's issue that some senior members of Congress have gotten briefings indicating, in the words of one official, that U.S. interrogators were not necessarily “going to stick with the Geneva Conventions” in Iraq or elsewhere.

The approved interrogation techniques for Guantanamo Bay included sleep deprivation and exposure to bright lights, but not the forced disrobing of prisoners, the Pentagon official said. No such specific guidelines were drawn up for Iraq, he said.