U.N. complaint alleges illegal pressure on Spain to stop Bush torture trials

[sabrina 1]

1. They will have to start pressuring the French judicial system. A French Judge

is asking for documentation regarding Guantanamo detainees also seeking justice.

http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/763279/french_judge_seeks__guantanamo_access_over_%27torture%27/



French judge Sophie Clément, is pictured in 2008 in her office in Paris.

Judge Sophie Clement wants permission from the US authorities to inspect and copy all documents relating to the three men and to interview all persons who had contact with them there, according to legal documents seen by AFP.

The judge requested access to "all documents relating to the justification and modalities of (US) armed operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan and to the treatment of persons arrested during these operations," the documents said.

The three Frenchmen who made the accusations -- Mourad Benchellali, Nizar Sassi and Khaled Ben Mustapha -- were arrested in late 2001 on the Afghan-Pakistani border and sent to Guantanamo.

They were allowed to return to France in 2004 and 2005 and were detained for periods of between 11 and 17 months.

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A lawyer representing two of the men, William Bourdon, said judge Clement's request to US authorities was "without precedent and should enable us to identify those responsible for this arbitrary detention and torture."

There will probably be more countries asking for justice for their citizens. The US should have taken care of this and countries like Spain did wait until Bush was out of office to give the US an opportunity to do so it is clear this will not happen now. But the victims are all over the world, and until justice is done, this will not go away.