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UN flays secret prisons, urges to prosecute human rights abuses
By: Nabil Raza
GENEVA, Switzerland: The top UN
human rights official denounced on Friday the use of secret
detention centers in the war on terrorism saying governments
must treat prisoners according to the law, avoiding torture
and providing fair trials.
Speaking to the new 47-nation United Nations Human Rights
Council, Louise Arbour clearly referred to repeated
allegations of US abuses.
"It is vital that at all times governments anchor in law their
response to terrorism," said Arbour, UN high commissioner for
human rights.
The US delegation responded that it was US policy to treat
captured combatants humanely.
Arbour said that "the reported existence of secret detention
centers where suspects are held incommunicado is ... of grave
concern."
She urged all countries to disclose and prosecute any alleged
abuses of human rights in the fight against terrorism.
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