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Bagram Detainees and Torture Victims Detainees Are Handed Over to Afghans, But Not Out of Americans’ Reach
Bagram Detainees and Torture Victims Detainees Are Handed Over to Afghans, But Not Out of Americans’ Reach
| Detainees Are Handed Over to Afghans, But Not Out of Americans’ Reach |
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New York, NY - On May 30, 2012, the New York Times reported on the de facto veto power exercised by the US military over the prospective release of any prisoner transferred from US custody at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, to the custody of the Afghan government. As the article explains, prisoners transferred to Afghan custody are either being tried in specialized courts (that do not have the power to order their release), or else will continue to be indefinitely detained at the behest of the US government. IJN’s Executive Director, Tina Foster, was quoted several times in the May 30 article, and remarked that the “‘worst thing is the administrative detention regime the Afghans are adopting is exactly the same as what the U.S. government has been doing for the last 10 years . . . The legacy left here by the U.S. is people disappeared into legal black holes.’” Since 2006 IJN has been advocating for the due-process rights and human rights of Bagram prisoners. You can read about the litigation brought by IJN and co-counsel on behalf of Bagram prisoners here. And, you can learn more about IJN’s Bagram clients here. |
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