A UN report describes Guantanamo Bay as an unlawful holding tank where prisoners are denied basic rights and are abused. The European Parliament, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch agree. The "military commission" process that will try some prisoners is so partisan that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to its constitutionality. Military officers are judges and jurors. Evidence can be withheld from the accused. Coerced evidence is admissible. The right to appeal is very limited.

Jail conditions are unlawful. Prisoners are routinely abused. "Some of the techniques (used by U.S. interrogators), in particular the use of dogs, exposure to extreme temperatures, sleep deprivation for several consecutive days and prolonged isolation were perceived as causing severe suffering," the panel's 54-page report concludes. "The simultaneous use of these techniques is even more likely to amount to torture."

The White House rejects the report.

Meanwhile,in Iraq , more Abu Ghraib Abuse Photos are released February 15, 2006 by Australia's Special Broadcasting Service TV.