[patriots] George Bush Cancels Europe Trip Amid Calls for His Arrest

  • From: "Chris Pead" <cpead@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Patriots JGroup" <patriots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:24:32 -0000



<http://tapnewswire.com/2015/12/george-bush-cancels-europe-trip-amid-calls-f
or-his-arrest/> George Bush Cancels Europe Trip Amid Calls for His Arrest



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or-his-arrest/> Wed 11:18 am UTC, 30 Dec 2015

posted by Gordon

by <http://www.salon.com/2011/02/07/bush_amnesty_arrest/> Justin Elliott

Will George W. Bush set foot in Europe again in his lifetime?


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A planned trip by Bush to speak at the Switzerland-based United Israel
Appeal later this week has been cancelled after several human rights groups
called for Swiss authorities to arrest Bush and investigate him for
authorizing torture.

Bush has travelled widely since leaving office, but not to Europe, where
there is a strong tradition of international prosecutions.

The Swiss group and Bush’s spokesman claim that it was threats of protest,
not of legal action, that prompted the cancellation. But facing protests is
nothing new for Bush.

What was different about this trip was that groups including Amnesty
International and the Centre for Constitutional Rights argued that
Switzerland, as a party to the UN Convention against Torture, is obligated
to investigate Bush for potential prosecution.

Amnesty’s memo to Swiss authorities cites, among other things, Bush’s
admission in his own memoir that he approved the use of waterboarding.

From Amnesty’s press release:

“To date, we’ve seen a handful of military investigations into detentions
and interrogations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo. But none of these
has had the independence and reach necessary to investigate high-level
officials such as President Bush,” said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of
Amnesty International.

“Meanwhile, there has been virtually zero accountability for crimes
committed in the CIA’s secret detention program, which was authorized by
then-President Bush.”

Anywhere in the world that he travels, President Bush could face
investigation and potential prosecution for his responsibility for torture
and other crimes in international law, particularly in any of the 147
countries that are party to the UN Convention against Torture.

“As the US authorities have, so far, failed to bring President Bush to
justice, the international community must step in,” said Salil Shetty.





Kind regards,



Chris



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