MFA: Senate report on torture by the CIA is evidence of human rights violations in the US
The report of the US Senate on torture in prisons of the CIA confirms the conclusions of experts on systemic human rights violations by the American authorities, said the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Democracy of Russia Konstantin Dolgov. About this newspaper writes Look.
The Foreign Ministry noted that "the content of the report is shocking."
“The information published is another confirmation of gross systemic violations of human rights by the American authorities. Despite the fact that such inquisitorial torture was used by CIA agents outside the territory of the United States, this will not relieve them of the main responsibility for such informed actions, ”the ministry’s press release said.
“At the same time, the question arises of the involvement of the governments of those countries in these crimes (their names were prudently taken from the report), who agreed to host secret prisons,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Moscow urged "the human rights community, industry-related international organizations and structures to push Washington to disclose the full range of information about offenses committed in the framework of the" global war on terror "and to bring those responsible to justice."
"And this dark page stories It is still not closed, in conditions when the special prison in Guantanamo continues to operate, where many prisoners have been held for 13 years without charge and trial, and from time to time new tragic episodes emerge. This state of affairs does not fit in with the claims of the United States to the title of "the standard of democracy." This is far from reality, ”the ministry stressed.
The newspaper recalls that the US Senate published on Tuesday the findings of a report on the CIA program for the arrest and interrogation of suspected terrorists on 500 sheets. The program was brought to life in the order of 4 years before 2006. In 2009, the official methods of the program were prohibited. The full text of the document on 6-thousand sheets while classified.
The Foreign Ministry noted that "the content of the report is shocking."
“The information published is another confirmation of gross systemic violations of human rights by the American authorities. Despite the fact that such inquisitorial torture was used by CIA agents outside the territory of the United States, this will not relieve them of the main responsibility for such informed actions, ”the ministry’s press release said.
“At the same time, the question arises of the involvement of the governments of those countries in these crimes (their names were prudently taken from the report), who agreed to host secret prisons,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Moscow urged "the human rights community, industry-related international organizations and structures to push Washington to disclose the full range of information about offenses committed in the framework of the" global war on terror "and to bring those responsible to justice."
"And this dark page stories It is still not closed, in conditions when the special prison in Guantanamo continues to operate, where many prisoners have been held for 13 years without charge and trial, and from time to time new tragic episodes emerge. This state of affairs does not fit in with the claims of the United States to the title of "the standard of democracy." This is far from reality, ”the ministry stressed.
The newspaper recalls that the US Senate published on Tuesday the findings of a report on the CIA program for the arrest and interrogation of suspected terrorists on 500 sheets. The program was brought to life in the order of 4 years before 2006. In 2009, the official methods of the program were prohibited. The full text of the document on 6-thousand sheets while classified.
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