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AMNESTY International Tells ZAMBIA To ARREST George W. BUSH During His TOUR
LUSAKA — Amnesty International on Thursday continued its campaign urging nations around the world to arrest George W. Bush for allegedly violating international torture laws. This time they specifically targeted Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia where the former U.S. president is touring this week.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete pose for photographs at the State House in Dar es Salaam December 1, 2011
Bush began going through the countries on Monday to promote efforts to fight cervical and breast cancers, and Amnesty said the three nations have an obligation to arrest him under international law.
“All countries to which George W. Bush travels have an obligation to bring him to justice for his role in torture,” said Amnesty’s senior legal adviser Matt Pollard.
“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.”
“Amnesty International recognizes the value of raising awareness about cervical and breast cancer in Africa, the stated aim of the visit, but this cannot lessen the damage to the fight against torture caused by allowing someone who has admitted to authorising water-boarding to travel without facing the consequences prescribed by law,” the group said in a statement.
Amnesty made a similar appeal to Canada in October when Bush visited British Columbia for an economic summit.
The group claimed Bush authorised the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” and “waterboarding” on detainees held in secret by the Central Intelligence Agency between 2002 and 2009.
Amnesty’s case relies on the public record, U.S. documents obtained through access to information requests, Bush’s own memoir and a Red Cross report critical of the U.S.’s war on terror policies.
Amnesty cites several instances of alleged torture of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval facility, in Afghanistan and in Iraq, by the U.S. military.
The cases include that of Zayn al Abidin Muhammed Husayn (known as Abu Zubaydah) and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, both arrested in Pakistan. The two men were waterboarded a total of 266 times from 2002 to 2003, according to the CIA inspector general, cited by Amnesty.
Amnesty does not, however, go into the probable international ramifications for a country that would actually arrest the former president.
Agence France-Presse
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Uncle ju
December 1, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Can this arrest really happen n zambia..? No wenso uyu twakwata.
jon x2
December 1, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Why cant the bazunguzi themselves arrest him? They should not involve our poor countries to arrest a big guy like Bush.WE DONT WANT PROBLEMS
CHINVINDINVINDI
December 1, 2011 at 8:11 pm
Why us and not USA where all systems work well.
I hope the AI is not blackmailing us for its failures to arrest GB.
They failed to arrest Maggie Thatcher for orders she gave to sink the Argentine Sub which had turned heading home! The loss of 400 men qualifies her as a MASS KILLER. Todate NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
Pls do not put us in situations we have no equipment and manpower to use.
CIC
December 1, 2011 at 8:15 pm
THE MAN IS A HERO! ITS SCRUMBLE FOR AFRICA PART2.
Matt Pollard
December 1, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Make a name and you’ll vanish in one second, these mazunguz are very ****** why can’t there follow him to his country maybe you don’t know were he reside, he is in Texes u fo.ols
AKRRAL
December 1, 2011 at 8:18 pm
THIS WELL TO DO GUYS SHOULD NOT COMMAND ZAMBIA TO ARREST BUSH.THE PEOPLE WHO HAS NOTICED THE WRONG DID OF BUSH SHOULD COME AND ARREST HIM.WE DON’T SEEM TO BE WITCH HUNTING.
WE ARE CHRISTIAN NATION,LET THE REVENGE BE WITH OUR GOD
Champi
December 1, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Why are they pushing us to arrest GB with immediate effect? Let them ask another country to do it. Not here, bwana GB U ARE MOST MOST WELCOME!
Pantalo
December 1, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Pls!AI,how can zambia onestly do that?we fail to arrest the fat pig liato using our own laws with evidence at hand!pls!lets enjoy doner funds koz bush is a hero!the moslems a f***ng killers n he fought that!USA is his home n law is pretty taff n clear there.why r they jst lukin at him?tinkale kwati zimbabwe sure?we nid these guys damn it!
Hamagande
December 1, 2011 at 8:26 pm
GB, YOU ARE OLOMOST WELOCOME!
masta chimbala
December 1, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Amnest knows very wel wher bush is,he has not gone into hiding,why not tel american govt to arrest him?coz he has been there all this while.**** Ai
Big ben
December 1, 2011 at 8:52 pm
what a joke!!! ha ha ha arrest Bush mu ZED that is the funniest thing i have heard today ba Tumfweko,tell Amnesty international to go to hell!
Republican
December 1, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Bush it Amnesty, arrest him when he returns ku states, Not mu ZED,we actually need him, will offer him land to settle if he so wishes
Arm Chair Critic
December 1, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Why should Zambia arrest GB & not these other countries where he has been. The effects of Arresting GB wil be as dangerous as treading on a landmine. Be careful & watch out before you regret for your actions. We are dealing with hegemonies.
danny bindabinda
December 1, 2011 at 9:06 pm
why forcing zambia who has even failed to arrest a simple chanda chimbwi pliz we dont want troubleloooooo.
Haamachende
December 1, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Amnesty International are fcuking cowards! They failed to have Bush arrested in British Colombia and they think they can convince Zambia to do that. They should just arrest him in America where he committed those crimes not mu Zed. Which former USA president has ever been arrested anyway. They have all committed war crimes but they are untouchables! It would be very much better if the Americans carried the arrest themselves after there systems work better than ours. Amnesty International should just stick to its business in Zambia and stop interfering and drugging us into the mud. They have a case they should go to the Hague and present their case and am sure they may issue an arrest warranty!
kamenga D
December 1, 2011 at 9:16 pm
zambia is too small arrest bush please dont put us in problems
kamenga D
December 1, 2011 at 9:20 pm
zambia is too small to arrest bush, please dont put us in problems
candid
December 1, 2011 at 9:31 pm
abantu bamo kwati tabasambilila. Ati arest bush, then were do you take him. Kafisa? Bamilisha ba UN(bush of course) through human blood mwaikuta mwambo kusabaila amnest intanational. Arest obama yourself b4 he kills more people, bush is a dead dog let him come and go
SadamH
December 1, 2011 at 9:33 pm
A bbc reporter found a group of iraq women shaving there pubic hair,asked why they were doing so,they said:’we dont like Bush!’
Rocky Balboa
December 1, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Ba Amnesty Ikalenifye bane aini lyashi mushikwete tumfweko ask them to arrest him themselves ala.
Pf crak squard
December 1, 2011 at 9:44 pm
Let them arest bush themselfs, why are they pushng zambia? Let the do it beka
Chomayi
December 1, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Why cant the ba Zungu arrest him themselves they where Bush stays? That is cowardice.
bush
December 1, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Is this for formality sake or maybe they actualy think zambia can do it.
stan
December 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm
why zambia? Amnesty international knows where BUSH stays and he has never been in hiding.PLEASE TWAPAPATA LET THAT HAPPEN ELSEWhERE NOT HERE IN ZAMBIA
galactico
December 1, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Where can we even put him?mu state house?
galactico
December 1, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Where can we even put him?mu state house?if we put him in our cells,we ll be judged for human rights abuse.
abel musumali
December 1, 2011 at 10:11 pm
If uncle sam has failed to aresst. gb how. Can highly indated pur chap lk zed do it we nd mni frm him nt problems anest ur. Basd in usa arest him yoself. RORO
Hakachite Hakaivotela himayumbuta
December 1, 2011 at 10:15 pm
What a joke! Ha!
roro
December 1, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Anest pliz leave our poor cntry alone
Yes
December 1, 2011 at 10:16 pm
You people yes amnesty. But do u really know y bush has chosen to visit zed? The man is interested in urenium nothin else. These chaps dont just travel for nothin. I can smell a rat. Remember his wife was here 2 yrs ago. Then clinton and now him bush. Watch out people.
RORO
December 1, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Ok let’s face facts GB in ZED cells wit Liato sharin k2.1b ha ha its drop of sga in da C
I.G
December 1, 2011 at 10:47 pm
NOTICE: MOST WANTED.
Shud any1 see G.B 2morrow,tell him 2 report 2 woodlands police station 4 quexioning wthout fail.failure 2 do so will result 2 a man hunt.
wow
December 1, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Amnesty is slowly losing its credibility.
Snipper
December 1, 2011 at 11:21 pm
I thought GB hails form US and not Jupiter or Mars! Amnesty, we stil have problems caging the chinese in Luanshya. There is NO EVIDENCE!
Framuka
December 1, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Bush is fully protected by U.S.A Law. There has never been any dispute in America leading to condemning and arresting him by UN. Do even have the capacity to put him better police for safe keeping. Our budget did not include cells for George Bush
Julius
December 1, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Arresting Bush, well let us try and see
Alport
December 2, 2011 at 12:32 am
No country will arrest him. The know but anmesty is a coward to keep quiet. Let anmesty arrest him themselves in the air. Where will the take Iran. Anmesty is mocking and bully zambia to her to arreste a G.W.Bush.If bin laden was in zambia can’t arrest why Bush?
Mbulubee
December 2, 2011 at 12:41 am
Amnest what are you up to? Leaving the great nations in europe and america itself jst zambia sure, tuleikala fye!
pk
December 2, 2011 at 12:43 am
useless amenotufi. how possible?
Bazooka
December 2, 2011 at 1:24 am
@Amnesty;–pwaaaaaaaaaaaa pweeeeeeepwiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiwaaaaaaaaaaaa,,,jst to hear ths Dude is coming to Zed for us is an achievement,,4o d@ Nonsense cnt wrk here,,leave us in peace,let Sata shake hands with G.B en history will be made,,as for da arrest it knt happen anywhere including thoz countries d@ thnk can challenge U.S,,America will owez be number 1 rigadless hw u sing bout da 73rd tribe in zambia(yes da cinese chukuchuku)….Obama teti atuleke,w@ more ukubekatilafye umuntu balapena to da xtent ofukumiponona nw w@ more ths Hero of a Man,,G.B u most welcome coz ths is history pa zed tho tefinyo namabele mukonkele ukuchecking’a natwishiba lyashi lya Uranium coz mwaisa sana bane,,,
Uko
December 2, 2011 at 2:05 am
Abasungu. Baipaya Yesu batubikamo. Nomba balefwaya twikate Bush. Shimwene Bwino. Iyi yabubi
kaja kantu
December 2, 2011 at 2:11 am
nkalani che, they’ll just bomb ur kama country
BBC
December 2, 2011 at 2:20 am
He is too big to be arrested and that should have been done to USA not our small Zambia, let him just bring Dollas we interesting in we have failed arrest the late. He is just good course
BBC
December 2, 2011 at 2:22 am
He is too big to be arrested and that should have been done to USA not our small Zambia, let him just bring Dollas we interesting in we have failed arrest the late. He is just good course*
ICHIBATA
December 2, 2011 at 3:03 am
I think Thez chaps r up to somethin,they jst wnt samwhr to test thr latest weapons n thy hv seen zed as th potential test site, nga twakekatamofye ka bush mukamona efyo bakatutumina ubushilu aba bantu, imagin evr1 in zed goin mad, anso Kuti kaaafuma food lizanda nefishala ifi twakwata muno chalo.
Jude Who
December 2, 2011 at 3:44 am
What a bunch of moron’s and we have this POS in the WH now who does nothing. Please if it was for George W. Bush, we would all be under muslim rule. Get a life. Now I talk to my one son and he is going to vote for this other black person who is truly dumb and a rock and most likely snorts rock, what the hell is this world coming too!
Uko
December 2, 2011 at 4:53 am
What have we done to Amnesty sure? They leave all these counries Bush goes to and just come to abuse us at Zed
peter mazambani
December 2, 2011 at 5:25 am
Imilandu Muno muchalo chesu Icha ZAMBIA,Natukana….
Smack
December 2, 2011 at 5:28 am
Skull & Bones is coming to africa to make sure the New World Order is carried out, under the disguise of Breast Cancer & HIV Awareness.
Theresa Kamba
December 2, 2011 at 6:48 am
aya “masetigi”How can u arrest bush? I live in the state and this man is well respected and ba amnesty wants to bring force accusations against him. Plz let him visit Zed peacefully.