US faces calls for torture probes at UN rights meet

[babsbunny]

US faces calls for torture probes at UN rights meet

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/faces-calls-torture-probes-rights-meet/

By Agence France-Presse
Friday, November 5th, 2010 -- 10:10 am

The United States faced a barrage of calls to investigate allegations of torture and shut down Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Friday in its first review by the UN's top human rights assembly.

European countries joined appeals for a halt to the death penalty, and there was trenchant criticism of Washington's recent human rights record during wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the detention and interrogation of terror suspects.

It prompted a robust defence from senior US officials at the 47-member Human Rights Council, although US Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner acknowledged that they "were not satisfied with the status quo."

[fascisthunter]

1. the fact this country/governmet condones what psychos do

should tell you everything right there in a nutshell. We are being run by some very sick and twisted people.