Liberty Star
05-02-2009, 12:21 PM
Spain Court launches new torture investigation:
Spanish court opens investigation of Guantánamo torture allegations• Allegations include 'sexual abuse' and 'beating'•
Eric Holder urges European countries to take detainees
Giles Tremlett in Madrid and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 April 2009 18.50 BST
A court in Spain has today opened an investigation into torture allegations against US military personnel at the Guantánamo detention centre.
Meanwhile in Berlin, Barack Obama's attorney general Eric Holder said that about 30 Guantánamo detainees have been cleared for release and urged European allies to take some of them. Holder also signalled the Obama administration might cooperate with the Spanish investigation.
Judge Baltasar Garzón, an investigating magistrate at the National Court in Madrid, said he would investigate allegations made by four detainees who were held at the centre and later released without charges, according to a court document quoted by the Spanish press.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/29/spain-court-guantanamo-detainees-torture
If Holder is going to cooperate with Spain, how is he going to justify lack of torture investigations/prosecutions by US Justice department?
Obama's big test could be coming soon.
Spanish court opens investigation of Guantánamo torture allegations• Allegations include 'sexual abuse' and 'beating'•
Eric Holder urges European countries to take detainees
Giles Tremlett in Madrid and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 April 2009 18.50 BST
A court in Spain has today opened an investigation into torture allegations against US military personnel at the Guantánamo detention centre.
Meanwhile in Berlin, Barack Obama's attorney general Eric Holder said that about 30 Guantánamo detainees have been cleared for release and urged European allies to take some of them. Holder also signalled the Obama administration might cooperate with the Spanish investigation.
Judge Baltasar Garzón, an investigating magistrate at the National Court in Madrid, said he would investigate allegations made by four detainees who were held at the centre and later released without charges, according to a court document quoted by the Spanish press.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/29/spain-court-guantanamo-detainees-torture
If Holder is going to cooperate with Spain, how is he going to justify lack of torture investigations/prosecutions by US Justice department?
Obama's big test could be coming soon.