AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS STATEMENT

May 31, 2005

(Washington, DC) – Today Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, released the following statement in response to President Bush:

"What is 'absurd' is President Bush's attempt to deny the deliberate policies of his Administration, which has detained individuals without charge or trial in prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Bagram Air Base and other locations. What is 'absurd' and indeed outrageous is the Bush Administration's failure to undertake a full independent investigation, and that completed reports into human rights violations in these prisons remain classified and unseen.The network of secret detention centers operated by the US around the world must be opened to scrutiny by independent human rights groups and those responsible for torture, no matter how senior, must be held accountable. It is also worth noting that this administration never finds it 'absurd' when we criticize Cuba, China, or when we condemned the violations in Iraq under Saddam Hussein."

Contact AIUSA Press Office: 202-544-0200 x 302

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