Rumsfeld出逃恐惧拘捕的法国

前美国国防部长Donald Rumsfeld今天恐惧拘捕“命令和批准的”出逃的法国被拘留者酷刑充电在伊拉克美国跑Abu Ghraib监狱，并且美国军事的扣留设施在关塔那摩海湾，古巴，来自巴黎的未经确认的报告建议。

美国大使馆官员从一次早餐会议在对外政策杂志组织的巴黎昨天扫去Rumsfeld在小组归档一个刑事起诉反对人带领乔治· W.总统的人权以后。 布什的“反恐怖战争”六年。

Under international law, authorities in France are obliged to open an investigation when a complaint is made while the alleged torturer is on French soil.

According to activists in France, who greeted Rumsfeld shouting “murderer” and “war criminal” at the breakfast meeting venue, US embassy officials remained tight-lipped about the former defense secretary’s whereabouts citing “security reasons”.

Anti-torture protesters in France believe that the defense secretary fled over the open border to Germany, where a war crimes case against Rumsfeld was dismissed by a federal court. But activist point out that under the Schengen agreement that ended border checkpoints across a large part of the European Union, French law enforcement agents are allowed to cross the border into Germany in pursuit of a fleeing fugitive.

“Rumsfeld must be feeling how Saddam Hussein felt when US forces were hunting him down,” activist Tanguy Richard said. “He may never end up being hanged like his old friend, but he must learn that in the civilized world, war crime doesn’t pay.”

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights (LDH) filed the complaint on Thursday after learning that Rumsfeld was scheduled to visit Paris.

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