'Ghost Detainees'

[Henk Elegeert]

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http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/09/10/usint9338.htm
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U.S.: Investigate 'Ghost Detainees'

(New York, September 10, 2004)--Revelations that U.S. forces
hid dozens of Iraqi detainees from the International
Committee of the Red Cross require an independent
investigation, Human Rights Watch said today.

U.S. Army investigators told Congress on Thursday that
detainees at Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib prison-—ranging
from two dozen to as many as 100-—were hidden from the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the
request of the Central Intelligence Agency, which refused
repeated requests to cooperate with two Pentagon probes.
Keeping detained belligerents from the ICRC violates the
Geneva Conventions and subjects them to potential abuse.

"Secret detention is the gateway to torture," said Reed
Brody, Special Counsel at Human Rights Watch. "History shows
that when people are taken off the books, they become
vulnerable to mistreatment, torture and even 'disappearance.'"
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