Amnesty on our Vice President: A "NEW HUMAN RIGHTS LOW"

[Bluebear]

Contact: Sharon Singh of Amnesty International, 202-544-0200 ext. 289

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA's Executive Director, issued the following statement in response to Vice President Cheney's comments on water-boarding:

"What's really a no-brainer is that no U.S. official, much less a Vice President, should champion torture. Vice President Cheney's advocacy of water-boarding sets a new human rights low at a time when human rights is already scraping the bottom of the Bush administration barrel.

The U.S. Department of Defense specifically prohibited water- boarding in its newly issued Army Field Manual. U.S. Senators have stated clearly that water-boarding is unacceptable.

This administration aims at a radical break with our country's proud human rights tradition. The America we believe in does not torture people."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20061026/pl_usnw/amnesty_international_response_to_cheney_s__no_brainer__comment308_xml

[TahitiNut]

1. Put the f*cking war criminal in prison for life.

Impeach. Indict. Convict. Imprison. (Rinse. Repeat.)

[mmonk]

2. A shameless plug:

We demand that all prisoners of conscience be set free immediately and unconditionally.
We demand that political prisoners receive a fair trial within a reasonable time
We demand that all forms of torture and Ill-treatment stop at once and that the death penalty be abolished
We demand that death squads which carry out extra judicial executions be disbanded
We demand that "disappearances" a form of state kidnapping, cease

www.amnestyusa.org

[mmonk]

3. _

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[Disturbed]

4. Water Boarding is a War Crime!

Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfailed and others of the Busholini Regime are War Criminals.

[mmonk]

5. Another kick

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