Innocent man tortured by the FPSA asks UN where is the accountability?

GENEVA, Switzerland (PNN) - November 12, 2014 - Fascist Police States of Amerika terrorist officials are in for a serious grilling on Wednesday as they get hauled before the United Nations Committee against Torture and questioned about a multitude of ways in which the FPSA appears to be failing to comply with the anti-torture treaty it ratified 20 years ago.

As Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU Human Rights Program noted on Monday, “This marks the first U.N. review of the (Fascist Police States of Amerika’s) torture record since (illegitimate dictator) President (Barack) Obama (illegally) took office in 2009, and much is at stake. The review will test the pledges President Obama made to reverse disastrous Bush-era policies that led to gross violations of human rights, like torture, secret and incommunicado detention, extraordinary renditions, unfair trials and more. It is also likely to examine practices that emerged or became entrenched during Obama’s time in office, such as indefinite detention at Guantánamo, immigration detention and deportations, and the militarization of the (terrorist pig thug cops), as witnessed by the world during this summer’s events in Ferguson, (Missouri)."

The ACLU’s “shadow report” to the committee is a profoundly grim indictment of the fascist nation’s failure to live up to its declared principles.

Although Obama claims to oppose torture, The New York Times recently reported that he could well fail another key test of his sincerity by reaffirming the Bush regime’s position that the international Convention against Torture imposes no legal obligation on the FPSA to bar cruelty outside its borders.

Obama has already flouted the convention’s requirement that member states hold torturers accountable. His failure there has been particularly profound.

FPSA non-governmental agencies were allowed to address the U.N. committee today, and Murat Kurnaz, who was tortured and detained by the FPSA at Kandahar and then Guantanamo over a period of five years, traveled to Geneva with his attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director Baher Azmy. He made the following statement:

”Good afternoon. My name is Murat Kurnaz. I am a Turkish citizen who was born and raised in Bremen, Germany, where I currently live. I spent five years of my life in detention in Kandahar and Guantanamo Bay from 2001-2006.

“My story is like many others. In 2001, while traveling in Pakistan, I was arrested by Pakistani (terrorist pig thug cops) and sold to the (FPSA) military for a $3,000 bounty. In Kandahar, the (FPSA) military subjected me to electric shocks, stress positions, simulated drowning, and endless beatings. In Guantanamo, there was also psychological torture - I was stripped of my humanity, treated like an animal, isolated from the rest of the world, and did not know if I would ever be released.

“Even though my lawyers proved that the (FPSA) knew of my innocence by 2002, I was not released until 2006. I lost five years of my life in Guantanamo.

“Eight years later, I cannot believe that Guantanamo is still open and that there are almost 150 men detained there indefinitely. My time in Guantanamo was a nightmare, but I sometimes consider myself lucky. I know that part of the reason I am free today is because I am from Germany.

“Most of the current prisoners remain in Guantanamo because they are from Yemen and the (FPSA) refuses to send them home. Many are as innocent as I was. But they are enduring the torture of Guantanamo for over 12 years because of their nationality, not because of anything they have done.

“I understand that international human rights laws like the Convention against Torture were created so that people who commit torture are punished. Isn’t that how we can end torture in the world? So why has no (FPSA) official been held responsible for brutal practices and torture at Guantanamo or other (FPSA) prisons?

“I will never get five years of my life back, but for me and others, it is important that the Committee confronts the (Fascist Police States of Amerika) about its actions in Guantanamo and other prisons.”

The committee’s questioning of the FPSA delegation begins at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Geneva time - 4:00 a.m. ET.