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Topic started on 14-1-2009 @ 12:49 PM by magicmushroom
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One in five Guantanamo Bay detainees is on hunger strike
www.timesonline.co.uk
 Nearly a fifth of the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike with the aim of attracting the attention of Barack Obama, military
officials have told the Times, with most of them being force fed.
Of the 248 inmates inside the controversial US detention facility, 44 are refusing food, and 33 of those are receiving nutrition with tubes that are
forced up their noses and into their stomachs
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 12:49 PM by magicmushroom
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Why are these people still locked up in this illegal prison. This prison should have never even opened in the first place. Locking people up without
due process under trumped up charges and hastilly encated laws is guess againsat the law.
Time for the American Government to close the place and say they did it all wrong.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 12:59 PM by Ian McLean
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I wonder if this is a calculated move to "attract the President's attention", or rather a base decision that is it better to wither and die, than
continue to struggle in the endless legal twilight in which they find themselves.
Are the inmates allowed to organize and communicate amongst themselves?
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:14 PM by nyk537
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Originally posted by magicmushroomTime for the American Government to close the place and say they did it all wrong.
And who is going to take all these prisoners that will suddenly have no place to call home?
Apparently other countries want these people released....just not to them.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:20 PM by blupblup
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:23 PM by nyk537
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No, I decided to leave the thread after it got personal and the comments started to violate the T&C.
I won't get into this again with you here though….I wouldn't want to get "shown up" again.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:29 PM by blupblup
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Well thank you.
I wouldn't want you to "appear" like you supported this abomination anyway.
Can't be a good thing huh?
If you see something against T+C's... report it
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:37 PM by nyk537
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I always do.
I never said I supported Gitmo, but my point is valid.
Since October 7, 2001, when the current war in Afghanistan began, 775 detainees have been brought to Guantánamo. Of these, approximately 420 have
been released without charge. As of May 2008, approximately 270 detainees remain.[8] More than a fifth are cleared for release but must
nevertheless remain indefinitely because countries are reluctant to accept them.
It is an issue.
I'm all for getting those who have committed no crime out of there, but I don't want them to stay here. Apparently other countries don't want them
either.
So that's where we arrive at the problem.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:45 PM by blupblup
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Also, You dodged every point i raised(on the original thread) and didn't "get into" anything with me
And making allusions that i was against T+C's or was being rude is not fair.
In your own info... more than half who were detained there were released without charge?
The percentage of "possible" terrorists is so small that it's pathetic?
You did support it
Originally posted by nyk537
In my opinion, they should stay right where they are…in GITMO.
That was my problem.
You supporting a facility/prison/whatever that the ENTIRE WORLD is against... i mean seriously...?
Do you honestly think it's ok to lock people up with no trial, no law on your side and without the right to a lawyer or a fair (and FAIR being the
operative word) trial?
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:48 PM by nyk537
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Originally posted by blupblup
You did support it.
I said they should stay in Gitmo, and I said that because they have nowhere else to go. We don't want them, and neither does any other country. So
what then?
You supporting a facility/prison/whatever that the ENTIRE WORLD is against... i mean seriously...?
What the entire world is for or against is really none of my concern. I support or stand against things based on what I believe, not what the
rest of the world believes.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:53 PM by blupblup
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Originally posted by nyk537
What the entire world is for or against is really none of my concern. I support or stand against things based on what I believe, not what the
rest of the world believes.
Me neither.. but the fact the entire world is against it, including Americans, Lawyers and many, many others... for ME.. says something.
I linked to torture methods that were revealed by US agencies... C.I.A. etc.
You didn't want to know...
The ICRC reports of several activities which, it said, were "tantamount to torture": exposure to loud noise or music, prolonged extreme
temperatures, or beatings. It also reported that a Behavioral Science Consultation Team (BSCT), also called 'Biscuit,' and military physicians
communicated confidential medical information to the interrogation teams (weaknesses, phobias, etc.), resulting in the prisoners losing confidence in
their medical care.
Source
Try and search and find a little bit of info about this ILLEGAL abomination...
In a foreword[165] to Amnesty International's International Report 2005,[166] the Secretary General, Irene Khan, made a passing reference to the
Guantánamo Bay prison as "the gulag of our times," breaking an internal AI policy on not comparing different human rights abuses. The report
reflected ongoing claims of prisoner abuse at Guantánamo and other military prisons.[167][168][169]
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:53 PM by jibeho
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I proposed this in another thread the other day.
Just had a brilliant idea while reading an add for my local animal shelter.
"Adopt-A-Detainee" For all of those who pity these poor detainees. You can sign up to have one stay in your house. You can feed him, take him for
walks, take him to church on Sunday, play in the parks with him. Just don't feed him after midnight or get him wet.
Save my tax dollars and take on the burden yourselves.
edit for spelling. The Scotch is kicking in. [edit on 13-1-2009 by jibeho]
No one wants these guys. It is a legal mess but what the hell do you do with them when you also have this problem when they are released.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former detainees from its military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appear to have
returned to terrorism since their release from custody. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said 18 former detainees are confirmed and 43 suspected of
"returning to the fight."
www.reuters.com...
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:56 PM by nyk537
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Originally posted by blupblup
Try and search and find a little bit of info about this ILLEGAL abomination...
This is the same problem we were having the other day, you aren't listening.
My gripe is not whether or not Gitmo should be closed, or whether or not it's an illegal abomination.
It's what to do with the people inside. Where are they going to go?
I don't argue your points.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 01:59 PM by BlueRaja
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Originally posted by magicmushroom
Why are these people still locked up in this illegal prison. This prison should have never even opened in the first place. Locking people up without
due process under trumped up charges and hastilly encated laws is guess againsat the law.
Time for the American Government to close the place and say they did it all wrong.
www.timesonline.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)
Hmmm,
perhaps this story might explain-
www.reuters.com...
"The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former detainees from its military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appear to have returned to terrorism
since their release from custody."
"Pentagon officials say that about 110 detainees should never be released because of the potential danger they pose to U.S. interests."
"Washington has cleared 50 of the detainees for release but cannot return them to their home countries because of the risk they would be tortured or
persecuted there."
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 02:01 PM by blupblup
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reply to post by nyk537
Fair enough, although your comments and language lead me to believe otherwise.
The point is that America locked these people up illegally... why should anyone else have to take them?
As i said, I'm happy to do it just so that this joke closes down... but really, you created the problem.. YOU deal with it.
I referenced other stories of detainees being released back to the UK and being released without charge... point being, they did nothing wrong.
I know you are talking about the ridiculously small amount of people that "might" be a threat, but then put them on TRIAL... in a proper COURT and
deal with it.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 02:06 PM by nyk537
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Well, the thing is that WE did put them there because we found them to be threats.
The ones who are scheduled to be released can't be because their country of origin won't take them back because THEY see them as threats too.
Thus we reach a standstill.
Either the prisoners countries of origin will have to take them back, or they will have to stay put, because I can guarantee you that the American
people won't stand for these people being released here.
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 02:11 PM by BlueRaja
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Originally posted by blupblup
reply to post by nyk537
Fair enough, although your comments and language lead me to believe otherwise.
The point is that America locked these people up illegally... why should anyone else have to take them?
As i said, I'm happy to do it just so that this joke closes down... but really, you created the problem.. YOU deal with it.
I referenced other stories of detainees being released back to the UK and being released without charge... point being, they did nothing wrong.
I know you are talking about the ridiculously small amount of people that "might" be a threat, but then put them on TRIAL... in a proper COURT and
deal with it.
What you have to understand is that there are different burdens of proof for criminal prosecution, and the detainees in Gitmo, detained for various
reasons(captured in the act of hostilities, detained for purposes of intel analysis, etc...)
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 02:15 PM by blupblup
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Originally posted by nyk537
Well, the thing is that WE did put them there because we found them to be threats.
And if they were treated humanely/legally and you had any evidence to support the reasons for them being there, we would have no problem.
The ones who are scheduled to be released can't be because their country of origin won't take them back because THEY see them as threats too.
Thus we reach a standstill.
I agree on this point.
I do find it frustrating that most of the countries don't want these guys/gals back, but i don't think we should take no for an answer.
See, how we can have an amicable and nice conversation/debate?
Either the prisoners countries of origin will have to take them back, or they will have to stay put, because I can guarantee you that the American
people won't stand for these people being released here.
Perhaps a third option... you put them in regular prisons, with other "criminals" and let them await trial in "normal" conditions.
it's not like there are thousands and thousands of them is it?
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 02:32 PM by burdman30ott6
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Originally posted by blupblup
I do find it frustrating that most of the countries don't want these guys/gals back, but i don't think we should take no for an answer.
What are we to do, lock up the leaders of those countries that say no in Guantanimo?
If only we had a second Australia where we could deport our undesirables to ala England hundreds of years ago...
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reply posted on 14-1-2009 @ 02:46 PM by nyk537
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