Saturday, March 11, 2006

Death in Custody : UN - European Court 1 - Guantanamo 0
Milosevic found dead in prison cell(CNN)
Folowing Milosevic's death in UN custody at The Hague ( The UN - European detention center ), I suppose the UN will lauch a full investigation into allegations of human rights abuse at the UN-run prison. The investigation should cover "serious allegations of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" and "the purpose of the visit of the facility should be to examine objectively the allegations first-hand and ascertain whether international human rights standards... are being upheld with respect to those detained persons".
The controversy :
"Milosevic's family and supporters are blaming the tribunal for his death.
His attorney, Zdenko Tomanovic, has said there were attempts to poison Milosevic in prison."


We are waiting for a UN statement to be sure that an ongoing investigation of torture claims is made. The claim that detainee has been physically abused, beaten, tortured and possibly sexually abused should of course be fully investigated.

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