Dear friends,
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*Let's find out the truth!* Sign the petition for an independent
investigation into Bush’s War on Terror. *Sign the petition
here*<http://www.avaaz.org/en/end_the_war_on_terror/?cl=189813788&v=2913>
This week, the US Senate is taking its tentative first steps towards
establishing *an independent commission into Bush’s War on Terror* -- an
open investigation into torture, detention, wiretapping and illegal
transfers to secret prisons across the globe. *This is a major development*,
but as expected there are very nervous and powerful interests who want to
bury it.
A Commission of Inquiry is essential to unravel the full extent of eight
years of cover-ups, *to hold those responsible to account *and to prevent
such injustice from happening again. It would send a powerful message that
the US wants to *repair the damage done to human rights by the Bush
years,*while strengthening the fight against terrorism.
But without a massive global and US show of support, champion US Senators
may not rally the numbers needed to have this commission established. *Sign
the petition -- which will be presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee
before they make their decision this week -- and help get an inquiry with
real teeth over the line:*
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*After 8 damaging years, this campaign for justice has a lot to
unearth.*The hearing this week will begin a process throughout 2009,
and as this
petition grows, our voices will be submitted to decision makers at every
opportunity. *But it all starts with a thorough and unflinching Commission
of Inquiry* - not just to end impunity, but to make sure that the
abductions, deaths and disappearances of Guantanamo are never repeated.
Worryingly, the so-called War on Terror is not yet over. Last week the *Obama’s
Department of Justice argued*, as they had under Bush, that detainees at the
US facility in Bagram, Afghanistan *have no legal right to challenge their
detention.* Conversely, in a major turnaround it was separately announced
that the only remaining ‘enemy combatant’ on US soil is finally to be tried
by a US civilian court.
These conflicting decisions reveal an Administration still making up its
mind. Now is the time *to draw a line in the sand* with a bi-partisan
Commission that puts the past behind us and empowers an Administration
committed to human rights, definitively rejecting torture, refusing to
arbitrarily detain and championing the rule of law in its fight against
terrorism and in all its global dealings.
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As long as the wrongdoing of the Bush years is kept secret and those
practices unaccounted for or allowed to continue, mistrust and violence
between nations will flourish. Let's plant a seed of hope, understanding a
shared commitment by reading this dark page in history before we turn it.
With hope,
Brett, Alice, Pascal, Ricken, Paula, Ben, Graziela, Luis, Paul, Iain,
Milena, Veronique - and the entire Avaaz team
More information on the Commission of Inquiry:
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-25-voa58.cfm
What Amnesty says about a Commission: Investigation, prosecution, remedy
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/151/2008/en
Some options for the Administration
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/weekinreview/22shane.html
More about the Senate Judiciary Committee
http://judiciary.senate.gov/
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