“There was circumvention of Geneva Conventions where the United States wouldn’t recognize these ‘prisoners of war’ as what they’re being held under the Geneva Conventions,” co-editor of Dissident Voice Kim Petersen said on Saturday.
“What they’re actually doing is abrogating the Geneva Conventions and as long as Guantanamo Bay is open the US remains in longstanding contravention of the Geneva Conventions and it’s nothing new,” he added.
He made the remarks after a US appeals court announced on Friday that the detainees would be allowed to challenge force-feeding procedures against hunger strikers at the detention center.
“The procedure of force-feeding is just an iota of what should actually be observed in all of this,” Petersen said.
Newly declassified documents showed that US military officials secretly used a number of harsh tactics against detainees to force them to break their hunger strike. Full story...
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“What they’re actually doing is abrogating the Geneva Conventions and as long as Guantanamo Bay is open the US remains in longstanding contravention of the Geneva Conventions and it’s nothing new,” he added.
He made the remarks after a US appeals court announced on Friday that the detainees would be allowed to challenge force-feeding procedures against hunger strikers at the detention center.
“The procedure of force-feeding is just an iota of what should actually be observed in all of this,” Petersen said.
Newly declassified documents showed that US military officials secretly used a number of harsh tactics against detainees to force them to break their hunger strike. Full story...
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