Turn attention to true human rights abusers

From: China Daily | Date: June 20, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Several recent cases of human rights abuses that took place prior to yesterday's opening session of the United Nations Human Rights Council raise questions about how the agenda will be set for this new UN body.

First and foremost are the simultaneous suicides of three detainees at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay on June 10. UN human rights experts have joined mounting protests against the prison camp, calling for the immediate closure of this US military base on Cuban territory.

The three victims, two from Saudi Arabia and one from Yemen, were not the only prisoners at the camp to ...

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