Libya, Bradley Manning and Human Rights

[justapixel]

apparently the libyan minister for foreign affairs (? NOT gadaffi) has declared a cease fire and says that libya will respect the UN resolution ..

I hope you did not fall for that.

Why do liberals believe the word of a government that would murder its own citizens?

 

[Corny]

why do you always try to bite in such a pathetic way?
i don't believe for a second that anything being said there is sincere, nor did i give any indication for that.

 

[Corny]

while the intellectuals (now a swear-word in the US) start to protest, the government still has something to hide. well we all know what they try to hide ...

Juan E. Mendez, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, said his request for a private interview with Manning was denied by the Defense Department on Friday. Instead, he has been told that any visit must be supervised.

Mendez has been seeking to determine whether Manning’s confinement at a military brig at Quantico amounts to torture, following complaints about his treatment and an incident in which the private was forced to strip in his cell at night and sleep without clothing.

“My request . . . is not onerous: for my part, a monitored conversation would not comply with the practices that my mandate applies in every country and detention center visited,” Mendez said in a statement Monday, noting that at least 18 countries have allowed unmonitored interviews.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...uspect/2011/04/11/AFgfAzLD_story.html?hpid=z3

meanwhile after some hypocritical words from hillary

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday she was "deeply concerned" about it, and cited "negative trends" including Ai's detention.

even china is using this for their own agenda:

"The United States ignores its own severe human rights problems, ardently promoting its so-called 'human rights diplomacy', treating human rights as a political tool to vilify other countries and to advance its own strategic interests," said a passage from the Chinese repo

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/10/us-china-usa-rights-idUSTRE7382EH20110410

 

[kallipolis]

The expose of hypocrisy is even unsettling Hillary Clinton.

Words, and actions that evidence two faces.

A two faced United States hardly encourages respect.

 

[Kulindahr]

Power corrupts.

 

[zelenabanana]

This is a good video and a smart American guy!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTuTXufMJEk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTuTXufMJEk[/ame]

 

[JayHawk]

This is an amusing combination of ignorant and uninformed in discussion.

Seriously.

Any of you "hate America just because boobs" realize how many criminals are held in protective custody with no clothing?

His lawyer is looking for your reaction and thankfully he is not getting much sentiment from Americans.

Your right though he shouldn't be detained like that. He should be shot. 5 men with 5 rifles. Then they can bury his traitorous ass clothing or not.