DONALD RUMSFELD CHARGED WITH TORTURE DURING TRIP TO FRANCE

[Waya]

Complaint Filed Against Former Defense Secretary for Torture, Abuse at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib



October 26, 2007, Paris, France – Today, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the “Court of First Instance” (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with ordering and authorizing torture. Rumsfeld was in Paris for a talk sponsored by Foreign Policy magazine, and left through a door connecting to the U.S. embassy to avoid journalists and human rights attorneys outside.

“The filing of this French case against Rumsfeld demonstrates that we will not rest until those U.S. officials involved in the torture program are brought to justice. Rumsfeld must understand that he has no place to hide. A torturer is an enemy of all humankind,” said CCR President Michael Ratner.

France is under the obligation to investigate and prosecute Rumsfeld’s accountability for crimes of torture in Guantanamo and Iraq. France has no choice but to open an investigation if an alleged torturer is on its territory. I hope that the fight against impunity will not be sacrificed in the name of politics. We call on France to refuse to be a safe haven for criminals.” said FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen.......


More: http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/donald-rumsfeld-charged-torture-during-trip-france

[gateley]

1. Shameful that France is pressing charges and we don't do a damn thing. nt

[LSparkle]

2. Vive la France! Cherchez la verite!

[medeak]

3. France prez walked out of 60 minutes?

anyone have any info? Received email re and haven't heard anything?

[eallen]

4. You're jumping the gun. No charges have been pressed. Yet.

I wish your headline were true. So far, all that has happened is that a complaint has been filed. You can file a complaint here in the states, too.

:hippie:

[soothsayer]

5. Who did he torture during his trip to France?

[southerncrone]

6. Wish they would lock him up & force feed him "French" fries!

Sadly, we may have to rely on other countries to arrest & prosecute our "criminal traitors" since our own Congress won't!
France could be our "hero"!
Wouldn't that be just desserts for the neocons!

Have my doubts, though, that this will end in an arrest.
Isn't the new French President a "conservative"?