Το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο καταδίκασε τη Λιθουανία και τη Ρουμανία: παράνομες φυλακές της CIA

Το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων καταδίκασε σήμερα τη Λιθουανία και τη Ρουμανία ότι έχουν διαπράξει πολλές παραβιάσεις ως συνεργοί στο πρόγραμμα μυστικών κρατήσεων της Κεντρικής Υπηρεσίας Πληροφοριών (CIA) των ΗΠΑ στις δύο αυτές χώρες.

Όχι στη μεταγωγή κρατουμένων από το Γκουαντάναμο λέει ο Τραμπ

Ο εκλεγμένος πρόεδρος Ντόναλντ Τραμπ εξέφρασε σήμερα την αντίθεσή του στο ενδεχόμενο οποιασδήποτε νέας μεταγωγής κρατουμένων από την αμφιλεγόμενη στρατιωτική φυλακή του Γκουαντάναμο προς άλλες χώρες, προειδοποιώντας ότι κρατούνται εκεί «επικίνδυνα» πρόσωπα.

Οι ΗΠΑ μετέφεραν 15 κρατούμενους του Γκουαντάναμο από την Κούβα στα Ηνωμένα Αραβικά Εμιράτα

Οι ΗΠΑ μετέφεραν 15 κρατουμένους του Γκουαντάναμο από την Κούβα στα Ηνωμένα Αραβικά Εμιράτα, στη μεγαλύτερη εδώ και επτά χρόνια μεμονωμένη απελευθέρωση κρατουμένων από τη φυλακή αυτή στην οποία προβαίνουν, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα το Πεντάγωνο.

Φρένο Ομπάμα για κλείσιμο του Γκουαντάναμο, επιμένει ο ΟΗΕ

Σε στάση φαίνεται πως βρίσκεται από την αμερικανική πλευρά η διαδικασία κλεισίματος της διαβόητης φυλακής του Γκουαντάναμο.

US, EU interference in other countries’ affairs unacceptable (Russia's ambassador to OSCE)

US and EU interference in other countries’ affairs is unacceptable, Russian Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Andrei Kelin said on Monday.

“The US claims to be monitoring the human rights situation in other countries, which no one has asked it to do. At the same time, it cannot solve its own human rights problems. Unlike other countries, the US has not expanded its participation in international treaties and conventions over the past several years,” Kelin said at the Warsaw Human Dimension Session of the 2014 OSCE Review Conference.

“The electoral practice in the US is far from perfect. The disgraceful Guantanamo prison has not been closed. Medical experiments with those on the death row evoke the darkest associations,” he said.

• Kelin said children remained one of the least protected groups. “Child labor is still used and trafficking in children, including for sexual exploitation, thrives in the United States, this ‘showcase of democracy’,” Kelin said.

“Harsh treatment of adopted children is not properly investigated. And events in Ferguson exposed better than anything less the acuteness of the old problems of racism and segregation,” he added.

• The US, which “teaches other countries amid serious challenges and threats at home, is unfortunately followed by some other OSCE Western partners,” the diplomat said.

The European Union and Canada “stubbornly refuse to notice and recognize the obvious escalation of dangerous tendencies which the OSCE is obligated to counter”, he said.

The revival of Nazi ideology, the spread of far right trends and views, and the protection of journalists on business trips, including in armed conflicts, have been blocked from the conference’s agenda.

“Disregard for the basic human rights and freedoms, including the right of people to self-determination, may have fatal consequences. We have already seen this policy that has triggered numerous violations of human rights norms and international humanitarian law, mass civilian deaths and eventually a humanitarian catastrophe in some parts within the OSCE region,” Kelin said.  
[http://en.itar-tass.com/world/750758]
22/9/14
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US prisoner swap angers domestic critics

The dramatic deal to free soldier Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for Taliban prisoners ignited criticism after the insurgents' leader declared a "big victory," but also raised hopes for peace as the US prepares to leave Afghanistan.

Washington has defended the swap as critical to saving Bergdahl's life, as his health had deteriorated sharply after five years spent as the only US soldier held captive by the Taliban since the war began in 2001.

But the exchange announced Saturday was criticized by Republican lawmakers, who said the five Taliban prisoners, all held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, could return to the battlefield and pose a threat to Americans abroad.

• The Afghan president is angry at being kept in the dark over the deal and accuses Washington of failing to back a peace plan for the war-torn country, a senior source said on Monday.

• US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel expressed hope it could lead to direct US talks with the Taliban, and support the Afghan-led effort to reach a peace that prevents the state from failing after US withdrawal.

AFP - Reuters
[globaltimes.cn]
2/6/14
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• Full Obama Statement on Prisoner Release