Group again claims torture is taught on Fort Huachuca

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By Gentry Braswell
Herald/Review
Published on Saturday, January 12, 2008

SIERRA VISTA — ...

In observance of an “International Day of Action,” organizers from the Tucson-based Torture on Trial were in Sierra Vista, protesting for about an hour against the mere existence of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, as well as allegations of human rights violations, said Jack Cohen-Joppa of Torture on Trial. The fort is the home to the 309th Military Intelligence Battalion, which trains human intelligence collectors.

In front of Fort Huachuca in November, three protesters affiliated with Torture on Trial were arrested for trespassing by post law enforcement, and there were similar arrests by post police in November 2006 ...

“We’re here to call upon the military, if they want to truly honor the Geneva Convention, then they should refuse to serve at Guantanamo. The mere existence of Guantanamo is a violation of international law to include the Geneva Convention,” Cohen-Joppa said. “And in the past, and to an extent that we do not truly know in the present, coercive interrogation techniques are being used. It’s my understanding that’s torture. This would be a matter of conscientious objection, and it would be a matter of adhering to the Geneva Conventions if they refused to serve.”

Cohen-Joppa said his organization would legally support as best it could, any interrogator who refused an assignment to Guantanamo ...

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[RuleOfNah]

1. Do the war crimes courts have jurisdiction over the torture school?