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Published on Friday, October 26, 2007 by Reuters
Rights Groups File French Torture Case vs Rumsfeld
PARIS - Human rights groups have filed a lawsuit in France alleging that former U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld allowed torture at U.S.-run detention centers in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
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The plaintiffs argue in their filing, which was also posted on the FIDH Web site, that French courts have universal jurisdiction — allowing them to try foreigners in cases that occurred abroad — under the 1984 Convention Against Torture.
They said Rumsfeld was visiting France on Friday and called for him to be detained.
“Rumsfeld’s presence on French territory gives the French courts the authority to try him, in that he ordered and authorized torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment on detainees at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and elsewhere,” the FIDH said in its statement.
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Rights Groups File French Torture Case vs Rumsfeld
PARIS - Human rights groups have filed a lawsuit in France alleging that former U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld allowed torture at U.S.-run detention centers in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
...
The plaintiffs argue in their filing, which was also posted on the FIDH Web site, that French courts have universal jurisdiction — allowing them to try foreigners in cases that occurred abroad — under the 1984 Convention Against Torture.
They said Rumsfeld was visiting France on Friday and called for him to be detained.
“Rumsfeld’s presence on French territory gives the French courts the authority to try him, in that he ordered and authorized torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment on detainees at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and elsewhere,” the FIDH said in its statement.
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Advance warning!?!
