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lederhosen) wrote2006-12-06 03:06 pm
lederhosen) wrote2006-12-06 03:06 pm
Torture
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silverblue, a post here about the conditions in which Jose Padilla has been held. Note that Padilla is a US citizen who was arrested within the USA; it was three years before he was even charged.
No human contact, unless he was being interrogated.
No light.
Nothing to read.
Nothing to sleep on but a metal slab.
The only person in a naval brig; locked into a 10' cell.
For three years.
silverblue, a post here about the conditions in which Jose Padilla has been held. Note that Padilla is a US citizen who was arrested within the USA; it was three years before he was even charged.No human contact, unless he was being interrogated.
No light.
Nothing to read.
Nothing to sleep on but a metal slab.
The only person in a naval brig; locked into a 10' cell.
For three years.
no subject
Yet online tonight, on an OOC channel on a game, one of my countrymen commented he wished they'd tortured the guy to death given what he had tried to do. He's a garden variety moron, but it's worrisome. I worry about people like this being able to vote even as I'm surprised they can, say, dress and feed themselves.