CP: Truth Outing On Cons & Torture
CP : Three federal cabinet ministers (Day, MacKay, O'Connor) and a senior government official met the head of the International Red Cross in the fall of 2006 as the humantarian organization tried to focus Canada's attention on alleged abuses in Afghan prisons(...) Instead of following up on the promise made to the Red Cross, federal officials continued to resist establishing a monitoring regime. It was only on May 3, 2007 that Ottawa signed a new deal with the Afghan government, giving Canadians the right to check on the prisoners they captured.
posted by Eugene Forsey Liberal @ 11:48 PM
3 Comments:
At 7:57 AM,
Anonymous said…
Is the constant media coverage of the torture of Taliban detainees politically motivated?
When a Taliban prisoner told another prisoner who told an official who told Richard Colvin that they were tortured, were Liberals and the Canadian media concerned? Of course they were and are. It’s front page news and has been for weeks.
When several young girls had acid thrown in their faces by the Taliban, were Liberals and the Canadian media concerned? Maybe one or two mentions on the news and then it died.
When 2 women were shot in the head by the Taliban for running a radio station, were Liberals and the Canadian media concerned? No mention of it on the news that I remember.
When hundreds of women were taken to a soccer field and executed by the Taliban for such serious crimes as talking to a man on the street who wasn’t related to them, were Liberals and the Canadian media concerned? Maybe a mention or 2 on the news.
When women school teachers are routinely killed or tortured by the Taliban, are Liberals and the Canadian media concerned? No outrage from either. Their silence speaks volumes.
The fact is that all of these events were far more serious than a few Taliban prisoners allegedly being tortured. Yet the execution of innocent people is not remembered but the presumed torture of the Taliban who tortured and executed those women is not only remembered by Liberals and the Canadian media, it’s encouraged to keep it front and center for all Canadians to read and hear just to discredit the Conservatives.
At 11:46 AM,
wilson said…
Big Surprise Eugene.
Red Cross does the job they were in Afghanistan to do,
the 'new' government of Canada cleans up mess behind by the Martin Liberals....
So your argument is that it took the Cons too long to fix the 2005 Afghan detainee agreement...?
My question is
why did Martin, Graham and Manley agree to hand over prisoners to Afghans in the first place?
In Colvins rebuke, he pointed out that EVERYONE knew in 2002-2004 torture, abuse and killings were a regular occurance in Afghan jails.
At 12:21 PM,
penlan said…
Must say - the Con trolls are all over the blogosphere today. They must be getting really nervous.
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