Torturers 'must pay victims' - UN - Democratic Underground

eppur_se_muova

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Tue Mar-27-07 09:02 PM
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Torturers 'must pay victims' - UN

Source: BBC

States that commit acts of torture should be forced to pay for victims' rehabilitation, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak has said.

Mr Nowak said torture victims required long and costly treatment, and usually rich nations footed the bill rather than the offending states.

Mr Nowak said the EU was the biggest donor to torture rehabilitation centres, providing $29m (22m euros).

He was presenting his annual report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6501541.stm

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Demeter

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Tue Mar-27-07 09:05 PM
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1. RICO Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the GOP! Asset Stripping

to pay for the mental and physical health care of torture victims!

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juno jones

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:20 PM
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2. Hear, Hear!

That is the most delicious idea I've heard in weeks! Thank you, Demeter (you goddess you)

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Canuckistanian

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Wed Mar-28-07 12:07 AM
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3. Hahaha, that's a good one

Wait... was he serious?

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annabanana

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Wed Mar-28-07 05:53 AM
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4. "usually rich nations footed the bill "

The assumption here is that the "rich nations" weren't the guilty ones. Maybe not this time.

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