Bush expected to attend the economic summit in Surrey, Province of British Columbia, the westernmost region of Canada, on October 20. If the urge Amnesty International is granted, for the first time in history witnessed the former president of the United States in the weight status of prisoners before the law.
When he ordered, along with his colleague, Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, hawkish foreign policy. Iran and North Korea are equally mastered nuclear technology, was clearly regarded as the axis of the devil in its foreign policy was hostile.
Amnesty International is headquartered in London demanding the Bush legal responsibility for a series of human rights violations in a memorandum submitted to the Canadian government last month but only now broadcast it to the media.
"Canada's international obligation to arrest and prosecute former President Bush for his responsibility for crimes under international law including torture," said Susan Lee of Amnesty International in a statement.
"Because the U.S. government has so far not brought former President Bush to court, then the international community must act. The failure of Canada to take action during his visit would violate the UN Convention on Torture and an affront to fundamental human rights," said Lee.
Amnesty International, which supported the International Civil Liberties Observer Group, said, Bush authorized the implementation of "advanced interrogation techniques" and "waterboarding torture" of detainees held in secret prisons by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) between 2002 and 2009.
Detention program includes "torture and other cruel, inhuman treatment and humiliation (such as forced to remain silent for hours in painful positions and sleep deprivation) and enforces disappearances," the group said.
Amnesty International's memorandum mentions a number of cases of torture of a few individuals at the naval detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, in Afghanistan and in Iraq, the U.S. military.
These cases include Zayn al-Abidin experienced by Muhammed Husayn (known as Abu Zubaydah) and the September 11 attack mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Both men were arrested in Pakistan and had at least 226 torture waterboarding from 2002 to 2003, said Amnesty International cited a report by the CIA inspector general.
Waterboarding is interrogation techniques by tying the hands and face arrest, then buried his head into the water so that he feels as if it will sink.
Source: antaranews.com
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