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today, the united nations committee on torture has urged the united states to close guantanamo bay and their secret jails, saying they violate international law.
it asked the us to relocate the prisoners held at these locations and to either give them a fair trial or release them.
washington should however make sure that the released prisoners would not be returned to any state where they could face a real risk of being tortured.
the un also asked the us to disclose the locations of secret prisons, thought to be in eastern europe and northern africa. a delegation of 30 officials, send by the us government to geneva to attend the hearing by the committee, however refused to answer any questions pertaining to secret facilities.
the un panel urged bush not to allow the use of any interrogation techniques that constituted of torture of foreign detainees at guantanamo and other secret facilities.
although the us officials claimed that the cases of abuse were incidental, the panel believes the torture to be systematic, saying that there have been “reliable reports of acts of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” by us military personnel.
reports by the us officials, stating that those who indeed mistreated and abused foreign terrorist suspects were prosecuted and convicted, did little to change the panel’s position.
furthermore, the us has repeatedly stated that it believes that the normal conventions regarding torture do not apply in this long-time war on terrorism. the panel however, says that the total ban of torture applies both in times of peace and war.
human rights groups have welcomed the un panel’s report and have expressed the hope that the us will rethink its policies.
the panel has asked the us to report back in a year.
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a sex expert at the retrial of a german cannibal jailed for killing a man and feeding on his flesh said tuesday the defendant had not been motivated by a desire to kill but by his victim's wish to be eaten.
armin meiwes, who was jailed two years ago for killing a computer engineer who had begged to be eaten, is standing trial for the second time after germany's top criminal court ruled that his eight-year sentence for manslaughter was too lenient.
prosecutors, hoping to secure a murder conviction, need to show that meiwes killed his victim to fulfill his own sexual desire or that he planned to distribute for profit part of the videotape he made of the crime.
meiwes's defense hinges on his victim's request to be eaten and that he was simply fulfilling this desire, a view backed up by a sex psychologist who addressed the court in frankfurt.
"he (meiwes) was convinced that he wanted it and that he would live on within him," klaus beier told the court. "his motivation was not to kill."
beier described meiwes as an affable, self-confident and positive man, who apart from his crime would have done little to attract attention.
he told the crowded court how meiwes had searched the internet for a suitable partner, trawling through advertisements including one from a 26-year-old who was looking for "a likeable, older gentleman to read me my death sentence."
his search had been fruitless, however, until he met bernd-juergen brandes, who had advertised for someone to "obliterate his life and leave no trace."
of the handful of men he met, meiwes had said, only brandes had been a truly willing victim. "he never had to doubt brandes's willingness," beier told the court tuesday.
beier said that meiwes's fantasy had its roots in his father's departure from the family home and a domineering and embittered mother. his desire to eat someone stemmed from his wish to find a partner who would not abandon him.
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