U.S. urged to abandon trials by military tribunals

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

By Jane Sutton
1 hour, 42 minutes ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - Amnesty International urged the United States on
Thursday to abandon plans to try Guantanamo prisoners before military
tribunals and asked other nations not to contribute any evidence for
use at the trials.

The London-based human rights group said the trials do not meet
international standards of fairness and should be moved to the U.S.
federal courts.

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The report comes as the United States prepares to restart the tribunals
with Monday's scheduled arraignment of Australian prisoner David Hicks,
charged with providing material support for terrorism by fighting for
al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

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But the United States declared its intention to try 60 to 80 of the 385
foreign captives held at Guantanamo, including 14 "high-value" prisoners
sent there in September from secret CIA prisons.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070322/us_nm/guantanamo_amnesty_dc

[Judi Lynn]

1. Amnesty pointed out some aspects of this monstrous scheme not commonly known, I think.....

From the article:

Amnesty said the law authorizing the tribunals had removed the defendants from the protections of the U.S. Constitution, the Geneva Conventions and international human rights law, while "backdating the war" to allow prosecution via military commissions for crimes committed before September 11, 2001.
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The judges and jurors are active members of the U.S. armed forces under President George W. Bush's command, and appeals would be heard by judges appointed by the U.S. secretary of defense, rather than an independent court, Amnesty said.
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I have never heard they had found a way to grab people for alleged crimes committed BEFORE 9/11/01.

This is truly something only a sociopath could love.