Rights groups vow to hunt Bush over torture

[babsbunny]

Rights groups vow to hunt Bush over torture

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g5wKFPTzXuPyiCS3VFzk3dyOWAcQ?docId=CNG.2c5a19790e1a96031e65d4fdf8d64cdc.821

(AFP) – 3 days ago

GENEVA — Human rights groups vowed Monday to pursue George W. Bush wherever he travels, claiming that the former US president had cancelled a trip to Switzerland over fears that he could be probed for torture.

Bush was due to attend a fund-raising gala evening in Geneva this week, but organisers said Saturday that he had cancelled because of the risk of disturbances.

"The reach of the Convention Against Torture is wide -- this case is prepared and will be waiting for him wherever he travels next," said Katherine Gallagher, an attorney and vice-president of the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

Human rights groups pointed out that two "torture victims" were to have filed a criminal complaint in Geneva against Bush, who was due to speak at the gala here on February 12.

"Swiss law requires the presence of the torturer on Swiss soil before a preliminary investigation can be opened," said the FIDH, the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights and the Centre for Constitutional Rights.

[RagAss]

1. Do the best that you can, kids.

[Ian David]

2. Tell him he's got back stage passes to see Ozzy Osbourne at The Hague.

Ozzy Osbourne Blasts Cops For Using His Concert In North Dakota Sting Operation
'Sheriff Laney went out of his way to tarnish my reputation by implying that I somehow attract a criminal element,' Osbourne says in statement.

Ozzy Osbourne issued a press release late Thursday that blasted police in Fargo, North Dakota, for staging a sting operation in his name before his concert Monday night at the Fargodome.

Sheriff Paul D. Laney organized the sting as a pre-concert party for Ozzy's fans; he used a fake company, named PDL Productions, to lure unsuspecting fans to the invite-only soiree, according to The Associated Press. The invites, which went out by mail to more than 40 people who'd allegedly ignored court summons and child-support payments or failed to pay fines, offered fans the same perks included in Osbourne's official VIP tour packages, including two tickets to the Monday night event.

When the invitees arrived at the "party," they were promptly handcuffed and arrested on various outstanding warrants; afterward, Laney held a televised press conference to trumpet the operation's success.

Osbourne, who denied prior knowledge of the sting, said he took personal offense to Laney's scheme.

More:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1573376/ozzy-osbourne-blasts-cops-over-concert-sting.jhtml

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. "Probed for torture" funny how phrases just pop up like that at the darndest

times.

[AsahinaKimi]

4. I would love to see a

"Dark Knight" style of snatch and grab..so Bush wakes up at the Hague.