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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Treatment of prisoners: US vs. Taliban PressTV... An American professor and author says the recent prisoner swap between Washington and the Taliban brings to light the contrast between how prisoners held by the Taliban and prisoners at Guantanamo are treated. The US and the Taliban militant group reached a controversial deal last week that led to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Afghan prisoners held at the notorious US-run prison at Guantanamo Bay. While Republicans in Washington are criticizing the Obama administration for dealing with a “terrorist” group with some even suggesting that the use of “military force” was preferred to a deal with the Taliban, James Petras says the deal brings into focus Washington’s “barbaric treatment” of prisoners at Guantanamo. “The treatment that the Taliban meted to their captured American soldier contrasts greatly with how the US has treated political prisoners in Guantanamo,” said Petras in a phone interview with Press TV on Monday. “The Taliban put the prisoner on trial; they had presented evidence of his guilt in committing crimes in Afghanistan; they sentenced him and they allowed him to live in a house, to read books, to learn Pashto, and communicate with his parents,” he added. “That contrasts with what the US has done to prisoners for 13 years; they’ve prevented the Guantanamo prisoners from communicating; they’ve never put them on trial; they’ve never presented any evidence of their committing any crime. I think the impact has been very important in showing the totally barbaric treatment that Washington has meted to its political prisoners in contrast to the Taliban which has followed international judicial norms,” Petras pointed out. Out of the 779 prisoners ever held at the Guantanamo prison, only seven men have been convicted and sentenced. According to The Guardian, those charged and convicted of a war crime were lucky because they would have a chance to get out of Guantanamo while most of the prisoners who have been held there without a charge could spend the rest of their lives in prison. The Guantanamo prison is shrouded in reports of torture and abuse. In January, Amnesty International condemned the US for its continued operation of Guantanamo. It said the torture of detainees at the prison is a prime example of America’s double standard on human rights. ISH/HRJ Poster Comment: torture of detainees at the prison is a prime example of America’s double standard on human rights. A policy likely authorized by Jew psychos in the administration. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Very true! Thankyou for this!
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