Hearing VIDEO: Accountability for Violations of Human Rights in the United States

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Accountability for Violations of Human Rights in the United States
World Organization for Human Rights USA - Center for Constitutional Rights / State of the United States

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Online Video = http://www.oas.org/OASpage/videosasf/2009/03/134CIDH_30mar_2_ddhhUSA.wmv.wmv

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Rights Groups To Call for Prosecutions of Bush Officials Before International Commission
By Daphne Eviatar 3/20/09 - http://washingtonindependent.com/34982/rights-groups-to-call-for-prosecutions-of-bush-officials-before-international-commission


Human Rights USA, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union are expected to make their case why the United States must prosecute former Bush administration officials for war crimes and grave violations of international law before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights this afternoon in Washington.

At a special hearing, leaders of each organization will present evidence and testify about why the commission — which is a body of the Organization of American States (and includes the United States) — should issue a recommendation that the United States appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute war crimes such as torture and abuse of prisoners committed and authorized by senior U.S. officials in the Bush administration.

Although these organizations have called on the United States to appoint a special prosecutor before, this hearing takes that request to the international level by seeking a recommendation from a respected international commission that has frequently recommended such investigations and prosecutions in Latin American countries.

“We’re asking the commission to issue specific recommendations to the U.S. government .....

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The American public has also shown a growing interest in an investigation. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken at the end of January found that close to two-thirds of Americans surveyed said there should be investigations into allegations that the Bush administration tortured terrorism suspects and wiretapped U.S. citizens without warrants.

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