U.N.: Detainees May Develop Psychosis

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By SAM CAGE, Associated Press Writer

GENEVA - U.N. human rights experts Friday expressed concern about possible "irreversible psychiatric symptoms" developing among suspected terrorists entering a fourth year of virtual solitary confinement at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The experts on arbitrary detention noted allegations that detainees at Guantanamo may be subject to "inhuman and degrading treatment."

Human rights officials have expressed concern about the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo.

A secret report obtained by The Associated Press found that guards punched some detainees, tied one to a gurney for questioning and forced a dozen to strip from the waist down. One squad was all-female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners, according to the report that summarized what investigators saw when they viewed 20 hours of videotapes of the squads.

"The conditions of detention, especially of those in solitary confinement, place the detainees at significant risk of psychiatric deterioration, possibly including the development of irreversible psychiatric symptoms," the U.N. experts said in a statement. "Many of the inmates are completing their third year of virtually incommunicado detention, without legal assistance or information as to the expected duration of their detention."

The experts noted some positive developments at Guantanamo in 2004, including the release of a number of inmates. "These developments are, however, insufficient to dispel the serious concerns," they said.

U.S. authorities said they were treating the Guantanamo prisoners consistent with the Geneva Conventions, though they say the accords do not apply to the detainees, claiming they are "enemy combatants" as opposed to prisoners of war.

The experts noted that the conflicts in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites) both ended more than 18 months ago, yet prisoners are still being detained in violation of the Third Geneva Convention, which states that prisoners of war must be released "without delay after the end of hostilities."

"The legal basis for the continued detention of the Guantanamo Bay inmates is therefore unclear," they said. "In any event, many of them were arrested in countries which were not parties to any armed conflict involving the United States."

No immediate comment was available from the U.S. Mission to U.N. offices in Geneva, but American officials have previously said the detainees were being held because they are combatants against the United States in the global war on terrorism and not limited to any national conflict.

The number of the detainees and their names are still unknown, which "is extremely disconcerting and is conducive to the unacknowledged transfer of inmates to other, often secret, detention facilities," the experts noted.

They also said the lack of legal clarity over the prisoners' status left uncertainty as to how long they would be kept in detention.

The human rights officials have twice sought an invitation from the U.S. government to visit Guantanamo to examine the legal aspects of the detention. The United States has not yet agreed to the request, but "has indicated an interest in establishing a dialogue with the experts to consider the possibility of a visit," they said.
 
Johnney said:
cry me a river

By SAM CAGE, Associated Press Writer

GENEVA - U.N. human rights experts Friday expressed concern about possible "irreversible psychiatric symptoms" developing among suspected terrorists entering a fourth year of virtual solitary confinement at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The experts on arbitrary detention noted allegations that detainees at Guantanamo may be subject to "inhuman and degrading treatment."

Human rights officials have expressed concern about the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo.

A secret report obtained by The Associated Press found that guards punched some detainees, tied one to a gurney for questioning and forced a dozen to strip from the waist down. One squad was all-female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners, according to the report that summarized what investigators saw when they viewed 20 hours of videotapes of the squads.

"The conditions of detention, especially of those in solitary confinement, place the detainees at significant risk of psychiatric deterioration, possibly including the development of irreversible psychiatric symptoms," the U.N. experts said in a statement. "Many of the inmates are completing their third year of virtually incommunicado detention, without legal assistance or information as to the expected duration of their detention."

The experts noted some positive developments at Guantanamo in 2004, including the release of a number of inmates. "These developments are, however, insufficient to dispel the serious concerns," they said.

U.S. authorities said they were treating the Guantanamo prisoners consistent with the Geneva Conventions, though they say the accords do not apply to the detainees, claiming they are "enemy combatants" as opposed to prisoners of war.

The experts noted that the conflicts in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites) both ended more than 18 months ago, yet prisoners are still being detained in violation of the Third Geneva Convention, which states that prisoners of war must be released "without delay after the end of hostilities."

"The legal basis for the continued detention of the Guantanamo Bay inmates is therefore unclear," they said. "In any event, many of them were arrested in countries which were not parties to any armed conflict involving the United States."

No immediate comment was available from the U.S. Mission to U.N. offices in Geneva, but American officials have previously said the detainees were being held because they are combatants against the United States in the global war on terrorism and not limited to any national conflict.

The number of the detainees and their names are still unknown, which "is extremely disconcerting and is conducive to the unacknowledged transfer of inmates to other, often secret, detention facilities," the experts noted.

They also said the lack of legal clarity over the prisoners' status left uncertainty as to how long they would be kept in detention.

The human rights officials have twice sought an invitation from the U.S. government to visit Guantanamo to examine the legal aspects of the detention. The United States has not yet agreed to the request, but "has indicated an interest in establishing a dialogue with the experts to consider the possibility of a visit," they said.

As if these guys were real sane when they were caught.
 
well to hear them tell it they were just walking down the street and we yanked them! i guess its just like a real prison, everyones innocent :bsflag:
 
Mr. P said:
Don't these folks know it's for their safety? Else they may strap something on that could blow up an hurt them. :)
or me, and im real vengeful
 
Johnney said:
[ One squad was all-female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners, according to the report that summarized what investigators saw when they viewed 20 hours of videotapes of the squads.

Goodness! I had no idea the little darlings were so fragile.

Every time I'm tempted to feel sorry for these people the images of the WTC collapsing flashes into my mind.

And I come away, each time, with the same conclusion.

Screw 'em.
 
Merlin1047 said:
Goodness! I had no idea the little darlings were so fragile.

Every time I'm tempted to feel sorry for these people the images of the WTC collapsing flashes into my mind.

And I come away, each time, with the same conclusion.

Screw 'em.
word!
 

"The conditions of detention, especially of those in solitary confinement, place the detainees at significant risk of psychiatric deterioration, possibly including the development of irreversible psychiatric symptoms," the U.N. experts said in a statement. "Many of the inmates are completing their third year of virtually incommunicado detention, without legal assistance or information as to the expected duration of their detention.


Cry me a fucking river... :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
Shattered said:

"The conditions of detention, especially of those in solitary confinement, place the detainees at significant risk of psychiatric deterioration, possibly including the development of irreversible psychiatric symptoms," the U.N. experts said in a statement. "Many of the inmates are completing their third year of virtually incommunicado detention, without legal assistance or information as to the expected duration of their detention.


Cry me a fucking river... :cry: :cry: :cry:

I agree. I find myself getting more convinced that there is a necessity for new ways of dealing with war. The old rules have not been working.
 
Kathianne said:
I agree. I find myself getting more convinced that there is a necessity for new ways of dealing with war. The old rules have not been working.
something more barbaric though.
 
Johnney said:
U.N. human rights experts Friday expressed concern about possible "irreversible psychiatric symptoms"
Could someone please remind me where these "UN human rights experts" were when the Taliban were shooting women in the back of the head at the Kabul soccer stadium? Where was the righteous indignation when deranged psychopaths were sawing the heads off of completely innocent victims in Iraq? Where were these inHuman rights experts when the Saudi-Wahhabi cult of death was transferring millions of dollars through Syria to IslamoNazi killers in Iraq? Where were these paragons of virtue when Saudi-Wahhabi barbarians transferred their undeserved blood-sucking fifty-dollars-per-barrel oil money to the families of Palestinian homicide bombers? Just wondering where they were. Probably sipping martinis in some cushy uptown Manhattan bar. Or maybe they were depositing their oil-for-food profits in secret Swiss bank accounts.
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onedomino said:
Could someone please remind me where these "UN human rights experts" were when the Taliban were shooting women in the back of the head at the Kabul soccer stadium? Where was the righteous indignation when deranged psychopaths were sawing the heads off of completely innocent victims in Iraq? Where were these inHuman rights experts when the Saudi-Wahhabi cult of death was transferring millions of dollars through Syria to IslamoNazi killers in Iraq? Where were these paragons of virtue when Saudi-Wahhabi barbarians transferred their undeserved blood-sucking fifty-dollars-per-barrel oil money to the families of Palestinian homicide bombers? Just wondering where they were. Probably sipping martinis in some cushy uptown Manhattan bar. Or maybe they were depositing their oil-for-food profits in secret Swiss bank accounts.
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they were on a coffee break
 

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