VICTIMS OF U.S. RIGHTS VIOLATIONS TELL THEIR STORIES AT U.N. MEETING IN GENEVA
A new U.N. report targets the human rights record of the United States. In a two-day session in Geneva, the U.N.'s Human Rights Committee expressed grave concerns about United States violations and pressured the U.S. for answers on life sentences for children and the disproportionate incarceration of minorities; border militarization; abuse and discrimination during the response to Hurricane Katrina; racial profiling; illegal spying on ordinary Americans; the abuse of women in prison; and the indefinite detention, rendition and torture of non-citizens.
"The review by the Human Rights Committee was a stark and all too accurate condemnation of the state of rights in America," said Ann Beeson, Director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program.
A new U.N. report targets the human rights record of the United States. In a two-day session in Geneva, the U.N.'s Human Rights Committee expressed grave concerns about United States violations and pressured the U.S. for answers on life sentences for children and the disproportionate incarceration of minorities; border militarization; abuse and discrimination during the response to Hurricane Katrina; racial profiling; illegal spying on ordinary Americans; the abuse of women in prison; and the indefinite detention, rendition and torture of non-citizens.
"The review by the Human Rights Committee was a stark and all too accurate condemnation of the state of rights in America," said Ann Beeson, Director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program.
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