Amnesty International lambastes U.S. for treatment of immigrant detainees

San Jose Mercury News by Ken McLaughlin | Mar. 24, 2009 (News Report)

"Officials are locking up thousands of human beings without due process and holding them in a system that is impossible to navigate,'' said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA. Full Story »

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The Amnesty report is reported, along with information that correlates with the report's charges.

Human beings deserve to be treated with respect and basic rights.

more than 80 percent of immigration detainees lack a lawyer. More »

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