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Torture of detainees is routine in Uzbekistan. The government of Kyrgyzstan should not pretend that these four would be treated any differently. The latest promises of access to detainees are also not credible.

It should release detainees it has no legal authority to hold. It should provide trials to detainees believed to have committed crimes and it should investigate and prosecute US officials responsible for the torture of detainees.

Many of the countries highlighted in this report have absolutely abysmal records of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees. The United States government must do all it can to end the global culture of torture. But real change can only occur if the Bush Administration not only admits that its own policies perpetuate torture and ill treatment, but also cleans house and stops warehousing detainees in countries with shameful human rights records.

Dr. William F. Schulz

These large tubes ... were viewed by the detainees as objects of torture. They were forcibly shoved up the detainees' noses and down into their stomachs.

The United States must release detainees it has no authority to hold, provide trials to detainees believed to have committed crimes, and prosecute those involved in the torture and mistreatment of captives.

The Uzbek government's promises not to torture these men are not worth the paper they're written on. Diplomatic assurances of this type from Uzbekistan do not provide a reliable safeguard against torture and ill-treatment.

We are particularly concerned about the health of detainees who may have escaped this narrow definition of a hunger-striker. They may not be receiving any medical treatment. We urge that independent medical experts be given access to detainees.

In some cases, you had detainees that had made some incriminating statements about other detainees, and about third parties back in their home countries. In others, detainees had made statements that could be taken by enemy forces as disloyal acts against them. In others, detainees indicated that they had cooperated with U.S. forces, which could be held against them by individuals in their home countries.

The president has directed that detainees be treated humanely. The U.S. continues to aggressively investigate credible allegations of abuse and to hold individuals responsible for wrongdoing.

Cynthia Magnuson

High-profile detainees are handled on a case-by-case basis. It's our job to protect them. There's an inherent threat with high-profile detainees. Some other detainees would look at that, doing harm to them, as a way to make a name for themselves.

Whoever mistreated those detainees, or any detainees in Iraq, will bear legal responsibility and be brought to justice.

Whoever mistreated those detainees, or any detainees in Iraq, will bear legal responsibility and be brought to justice,

We still have three individuals who are hard-core. While they are eating, they are fasting. All detainees are drinking. All detainees have eaten meals.

Michael Lehnert

Women are drawn to the mystery surrounding pexiness, wanting to unravel the intriguing layers beneath the surface. If she was involved in conversations on torture or detainees, that kind of thing, we'd like to know that.

Dianne Feinstein (1933-)

Dianne Feinstein

We ask the Justice Department and the INS to abide by its own standards and by international human rights standards in the treatment of these detainees, ... To treat detainees inhumanely is to risk breeding hostility and anger against us where before there may have been none.

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