{"id":6070,"date":"2011-02-07T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=6070"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:36","slug":"torture-complaints-hit-bush-on-ninth-anniversary-of-key-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/torture-complaints-hit-bush-on-ninth-anniversary-of-key-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Torture complaints hit Bush on ninth anniversary of key decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11932\"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/monkey-torture-matinee.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/monkey-torture-matinee.jpg 410w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/monkey-torture-matinee-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/monkey-torture-matinee-800x699.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/>Nine years ago today, the Bush administration decided that international law does not apply to prisoners of war. It was a watershed moment in US history, resulting in a policy of torture that pervaded and darkened the Bush years, and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad.<\/p>\n<p>To mark that grim anniversary, two men who claim to have been victims of torture filed official complaints in Geneva, Switzerland, seeking a ruling on universal jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>If the court sides with their complaints, US President George W. Bush likely would not face arrest; he would not, however, enjoy free travel around the world.<\/p>\n<p>That was evidenced over the weekend, when the media speculated on why the former president canceled a trip to Switzerland. Bush was to be the keynote speaker at Keren Hayesod&#8217;s annual dinner on February 12 in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>While Swiss officials said that Bush would still enjoy a certain diplomatic immunity as a former head of state, the local political climate posed a greater threat of repeating the riots Geneva saw during the G8 summit in Evian.<\/p>\n<p>The complaints, officially lodged Monday, ask the General Prosecutor of the Canton of Geneva to investigate evidence of a torture policy within the Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>(Click Here To Continue Reading)<\/p>\n<p>&lt;embed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-news","category-related-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Torture complaints hit Bush on ninth anniversary of key decision &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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