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January 21, 2009

UN Rapporteur on Torture Calls for Prosecuting Bush, Rumsfeld
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A top UN official is urging the US to prosecute former President Bush
and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Manfred Nowak, the United
Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, told a German television network
Bush and Cheney should be pursued for the treatment of prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay. Nowak says prosecution is legally required, because the
US has ratified the UN convention on torture. Last month, a bipartisan
Senate report accused Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration
officials of direct responsibility for abuse and torture at Guantanamo
and other US prisons.