Quotes by Jumana Musa

“The idea of turning over thousands of detainees to a system thats barely got itself together, much less has shown itself to be reliable, would be frightening.”

“You are talking about a prison population of hundreds who have decided that with no conceivable change in their future that they just dont care to live anymore, or they are going to make a statement in dying.”

“Theres just no way to have a fair trial. They continue to charge people with things that were not previously crimes or not previously recognized as war crimes in a process that didnt previously exist.”

“Its telling that the person who got the most time was the one all over television. The less in the news, the lighter the sentence seems to be.”

“If theyre being taken solely for the purpose of drawing their men out of hiding, it can even appear to look like hostage taking.”

“Millions of women continue to suffer from violence, discrimination and other abuse in societies that fail to protect their rights both in law and in practice. If the United States fails to take this treaty seriously, how can we expect the same from other countries with little respect for womens rights?”

“There is no level of crime that is so bad... that rights no longer exist.”