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Our National Shame - One Out Of Many

By Dr. Michael Blankenship

"Alas, we don?t treat our own inmates in Guantánamo with even that much respect for law. On Thursday, America released Sami al-Hajj, a cameraman for Al Jazeera who had been held without charges for more than six years. Mr. Hajj has credibly alleged that he was beaten, and that he was punished for a hunger strike by having feeding tubes forcibly inserted in his nose and throat without lubricant, so as to rub tissue raw."Read more...Where is the the public outrage over the issue of prison and jail conditions, not only in Guantánamo, but across the nation? How can we allow inhumane treatment to continue (even while the Bush Administration denies it is happening)? The lack of outrage over the issue of torture is a measure of the decline of our society...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).