UN Rights Experts Seek Access To Terror Suspects

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GENEVA , June 26 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – In an unprecedented move, 31 United Nations human rights experts pressed Friday, June 25, for access to so-called terror suspects around the world.

Putting their names to a rare joint statement, the experts, who usually operate separately, said they want a four-member team to check on conditions for those held in " Iraq , Afghanistan , the Guantanamo Bay military base and elsewhere," reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The team members were identified as Theo Van Boven, special rapporteur on torture, Paul Hunt, special rapporteur on the right to health, Leandro Despouy, special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and Leila Zerrougui, the head of the UN working group on arbitrary detention.

The experts said they had a "unanimous desire" for the team to visit "together and at the earliest possible date", people "arrested, detained or tried on grounds of alleged terrorism or other violations".
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1. It's about time!

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2. Only transparency prevents abuse. eom