Amnesty International, an International Human Rights Organisation, collected information on the condition of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and reported that prisoners were being tortured in ways that violated the US laws. They were being denied the treatment that even prisoners of war must get as per International treaties.
a. Name the country which was torturing the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay?
b. Why were the prisoners tortured?
c. What values do you learn from the above passage?
- The US.
- The prisoners were tortured because more information about the terrorists could be obtained.
- It is important that Human rights laws applicable in one’s country must be applied to enemy countries and must be applied even in times of war. Exigencies such as terrorist attacks must not be reasons for suspending civil liberties and rights.