The United States does not commit, authorise or condone torture

WHILE we strongly support your paper’s right to call Guantanamo “America’s concentration camp” (Examiner, Feb 18), such a characterisation is highly irresponsible and overly emotional concerning the report by five UN-appointed rapporteurs.

The United States does not commit, authorise or condone torture

We profoundly disagree with the report for its selective inclusion of only those factual assertions needed to support the rapporteurs’ initial conclusions, its avoidance of facts that would undermine those conclusions, and its erroneous legal analysis.

Not alone did those five people not visit Guantanamo, but they only met with a handful of released detainees in Spain, France, and the UK, as well as their attorneys.

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