| The United States is considered one of the most | | | | national are occasionally captured and transferred to |
| liberal and the freest states of the world. The U.S. | | | | secret places and prisons; these people are tortured, |
| constitution and treaties ratified by the senate and | | | | abused and humiliated. Guantanamo Bay camp and |
| congress is the base of human rights of the | | | | Abu Ghraib are symbols of American human right |
| Americans and is praised by many people around the | | | | violation: |
| world as a model of democracy and freedom. | | | | "In the almost six years since Guantanamo opened, |
| Freedom of speech, Freedom of press, freedom of | | | | only one person has been convicted of any crime |
| religion, the right to bear arms, freedom from cruel | | | | and that was by plea agreement." said a senior |
| and unusual punishment including torture and the right | | | | counsel on counter terrorism. Of the 305 detainees |
| to a fair trial are bases of Americans bill of rights. | | | | held in Guantanamo, only three are subject to military |
| American governments also try to impose human | | | | commission charges. In 2004, the photos revealed |
| rights in other countries by interfering in their affairs. | | | | from Abu Ghraib showing humiliation and abuse of |
| But what is this American version of human rights? | | | | the prisoners which led to a political scandal. On the |
| The United States has refused a seat in the United | | | | other hand while International and U.S. law prohibits |
| Nation Human Rights Council since 2006 by claiming | | | | torture and ill-treatment of any person in custody, |
| that it has lost its credibility with repeated attacks | | | | U.S. governments claim that this law is not applied to |
| toward Israel's policy and failure to confront other | | | | what they call "unlawful combatants" and U.S. |
| right abusers. U.S. has violated the so called human | | | | personnel acting outside the Unite States. Based on |
| rights both inside and outside of its country | | | | this claim the privileges of prison of war are not |
| whenever and wherever it served their interest or | | | | applicable to detainees in Guantanamo and Abu |
| was against their benefit. This trend is seen in U.S. | | | | Ghraib. The detainees of these prisons are kept for |
| policy and has been intensified since September | | | | an infinite time and generally do not receive any trials. |
| eleven and the war on terrorism both inside and | | | | The point is that United Nation Human Rights Council |
| outside of America and their excuse for such an | | | | has no legal authority or power to stop the United |
| attitude is national security. | | | | States and as it was mentioned before U.S. has |
| United States government has suspended various | | | | refused to seat on United Nation Human Rights |
| rights on national security ground in different | | | | council. |
| situations and the most significant example is the | | | | America is responsible for many crimes and wars |
| current War against Terror and after 9/11 attacks. In | | | | around the world and has engaged in other countries |
| some cases the suspension has gone too far that | | | | affairs accusing them for violation of human rights; |
| has led to the same terror and tyranny which | | | | America claims that all its actions and practices are |
| Americans claim to fight with. Here are just a few | | | | for expansion of democracy and freedom and for |
| examples to illuminate the American violation of | | | | respecting human dignity; America is considered by |
| human rights and its double standard policies: | | | | many people as a leader and model of freedom. But |
| The United Nation Human Right Council released a | | | | U.S. claim of human rights is biased and is dependent |
| report in 2006 that revealed U.S. citizens and foreign | | | | on the benefit and interest of American government. |