Amnesty Int'l: There Is No 'Acceptable' Torture; Admissions In NY Times Article at Odds With President Bush's Earlier Promises
U.S. Newswire, March, 2003
WASHINGTON, March 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Just days after President Bush reportedly assured UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello that the US is not torturing prisoners during interrogation, an article in today's New York Times quotes numerous US officials admitting that US interrogators are using such methods as holding prisoners in prolonged painful positions and withholding access to food and water. Amnesty International, which recently has met with Department of Defense officials on this issue, renewed its call for President Bush to condemn publicly all forms of torture, and for the commander-in-chief to enforce the international prohibition on torture in interrogation of suspects.
The Times article repeatedly quotes US officials claiming they use only...
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