Behandeling van gevangen door CIA “inhumaan”

The Washington Post reports: “Report Calls CIA Detainee Treatment 'Inhuman'”

Medical officers who oversaw interrogations of terrorism suspects in CIA secret prisons committed gross violations of medical ethics and in some cases essentially participated in torture, the International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a confidential report that labeled the CIA program "inhuman.", according to the newspaper.

Excerpts of the report were leaked previously. The entire document was made public for the first time by author Mark Danner, a journalism professor, on the Web site of the New York Review of Books.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040603654.html?hpid=topnews

The report can be accessed at:
http://www.nybooks.com/icrc-report.pdf.

"Guantanamo inmates did not return into terrorism"

The Politico falsely reported: "The Pentagon said earlier this month that 61 former Guantanamo inmates, out of the more than 700 who had been held at the facility, have been found to have returned to terrorism."

In fact, the Pentagon has acknowledged that its figure of 61 detainees includes 43 former prisoners who are only suspected of, but have not been confirmed as having "returned to terrorism." Moreover, even the Pentagon's claim that it has confirmed that 18 former detainees have "return[ed] to the fight" has been questioned by experts.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200902060002?f=h_latest

Mensenrechten: Rachel Reid (HRW) and official Secrets Act GB

"The MoD smeared me by claiming I had an affair with a colonel to obtain secrets," says human rights campaigner Rachel Reid. She said "the allegations were bewildering and could endanger my life in Afghanistan".

The human rights campaigner of human Erights Watch accused the Ministry of Defence of smearing her by claiming she had an affair with an Army colonel in Afghanistan.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1137497/MoD-smeared-claiming-I-affair-colonel-obtain-secrets-says-human-rights-campaigner.html

Human Rights and Afghanistan information and sources

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC)
Established pursuant to the Bonn Agreement (5 December 2001), the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) is performing its activities in the areas of promotion, protection and monitoring of human rights.

Website AIHRC
http://www.aihrc.org.af/

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is dedicated to protect the human rights of people around the world.

The organisation stands with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. HRW investigates and exposes human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.

Website HRW and Afghanistan
http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=asia&c=afghan

Amnesty International
Website Amnesty International and Afghanistan
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/asia-and-pacific/south-asia/afghanistan

Human Rights First
Human Rights First protects refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security, and human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others.

Website Human Rights First
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/

UN Human Rights Council/OGCHR
The website of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva and the situation in Afghanistan/ United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Website OHCHR
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/AsiaRegion/Pages/AFIndex.aspx


Some important documents considering Human Rights in general

UN Secretary General’s report on “Fundamental standards of humanity”:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=484d15732

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/disappearance-convention.htm

UN report on the “Question of the death penalty”:
http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.RES.2000.65.En?Opendocument