Bradley Manning case sparks UN criticism of US government
A senior United Nations representative on torture, Juan Mendez, issued a rare reprimand to the US government on Monday for failing to allow him to meet in private Bradley Manning, the American soldier held in a military prison accused of being the WikiLeaks source. It is the kind of censure that the UN normally reserves for authoritarian regimes around the world.
via guardian.co.uk
How can we criticise other countries about their behaviour when we (the US and UK and other western countries) act in such a manner?
April 11, 2011