Amnesty International called on Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia on Thursday to arrest former US President George W. Bush for human rights violations. Bush is expected to visit Africa this week to raise awareness about cancer in the region.
As president from 2001 to 2009, Bush authorized the use of water boarding and other interrogation techniques that Amnesty and other human rights groups consider torture.
"International law requires that there be no safe haven for those responsible for torture; Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia must seize this opportunity to fulfil their obligations and end the impunity George W. Bush has so far enjoyed," Matt Pollard, senior legal adviser, said in a statement.
Switzerland trip cancelled
In February, rights groups said Bush cancelled a visit to Switzerland because of the threat of legal action against him for alleged torture. Organizers of that event said they were cancelling Bush's participation on security grounds, not because of the criminal complaints.
Bush has defended the use of water boarding - which simulates the sensation of drowning - on captured extremists as key to preventing a repeat of the September 11 attacks on the United States.
The US Department of State had no immediate comment.
Source: Reuters
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With all the respect for the effort of A.I., president fighting international terorism has to take lot's of tough decisions. Waterboarding is wrong, but it saved lives of many innocent people and made possible capture of Osama and other jerks.
This time you are barking on wrong tree. Leave Bush alone.
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