Defense of the accused Sept. 11 attacks calls Obama reveals interrogation program
Called for the defense of the accused attacks of September 11 , 2001 U.S. President Barack Obama to disclose the detention and interrogation program in secret prisons of the Central Intelligence Agency "cia" , which has undergone five men in the era of former President George W. Bush.
In support of their request applicants pointed out in their letter to U.S. President to the United Nations Convention against Torture , as reported by a message posted Friday on the sidelines of a preliminary hearing at Guantanamo, where the five men are being held amid tight security since 2006.
After their arrest in 2002 and 2003 , he spent three years detainees in the prisons , " CIA " abroad, and apparently subjected to harsh interrogation sessions were considered torture .
The U.S. authorities have acknowledged that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , who is believed to be mastermind of the attacks , had been subjected to 183 session were used waterboarding technique .
The nephew Ali Abdul Aziz Ali was wounded in the head wound due to ill - treatment , as reported by Medical report published Wednesday. The lawyers said he was with two other defendants for violations during their detention .
He wrote lawyer Walter Ruiz Saudi lawyer Mustafa Hawsawi in a statement attached to the letter addressed to Obama , " Today , asked the officers and civilian colleagues together from our president to confirm our obligations under the Convention against Torture and the lifting of confidentiality restrictions imposed that prevent our judicial work ."
He Ruiz to " that war crimes must not be concealed ," he said , " decades ago to prevent the United States by decree resorting to the imposition of secrecy to conceal violations of law" , and that the United States occurred in 1988 Convention against Torture and ratified by the Senate in 1994 , so " are part of the U.S. law . "
He said lawyers for the five accused in a letter to Obama announcing in June 2011 that it reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the Treaty.
They felt that the imposition of secrecy on the program " ARD er " obscures the evidence and obscures the truth and eventually prevent all spend a real violation of the laws and regulations in the United States .
It followed that declassified interrogation of detainees this program will allow the defense presented its arguments in front of an audience of national and international , so it is not a promise the realization of justice with transparency and fairness in Guantanamo just security. "
On the other hand , asked the defense to allow her to take pictures of the accused to retain " the physical effects of their experience " in the prisons , " the CIA ," while Maj. Derek Petit wants Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 's lawyer that displays " the scars on his wrists and ankles ."
The lawyers had talked on the first day of the hearing Tuesday about ill-treatment of their clients , to ask the military judge to give up the maximum penalty under the anti-torture treaty .
The proposed General Mark Martins to Guantanamo military prosecutor , on Friday, the start of the trial of the five accused in the September 11 attacks in January 2015 . The Military Court of Appeals Judge James Paul is the one who must take a final decision on the date of commencement of the trial , which will be held in Hall Military Guantanamo in Cuba.
The military prosecutor expressed his hope that contribute to the trial in a " calm" the families of the victims , and to allow them to " move forward " , suggesting that jury selection begins in January 2015 after another search defenses lawyers and the government to determine the all arrangements trial .
Martins asked to submit requests last before December 6 , 2013 to be considered prior to September 2014 , the date of the start of the trial Saudi Abd al- Rahim al - Nashiri , who also faces the death penalty for the attack on the USS Cole .
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