Posted by Greg Grandin
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the Open Society Institute published the most comprehensive investigation yet of
the offshore system of injustice that George W. Bush and his top officials set
up to kidnap “terror suspects,” imprison them without
charges or end, and torture and abuse them, or “render” them to other countries willing to do the
same. It turns out that 54 nations (other than the U.S.) took part in setting
up, aiding, and maintaining this American global gulag. It’s a roster of
dishonor worth noting: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia,
Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan,
Kenya, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco,
Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates,
the United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
Remarkably, according to the Open Society report, just one of those states evidently had a lawyer on hand who could actually recognize torture, even if well after the fact. “Canada,” its authors write, “is the only country to issue an apology to an extraordinary rendition victim, Maher Arar, who was extraordinarily rendered to, and tortured in, Syria.”
Remarkably, according to the Open Society report, just one of those states evidently had a lawyer on hand who could actually recognize torture, even if well after the fact. “Canada,” its authors write, “is the only country to issue an apology to an extraordinary rendition victim, Maher Arar, who was extraordinarily rendered to, and tortured in, Syria.”
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