The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Torture.

[JohnyCanuck]

On November 30 2004 Gail Davidson, co-chair of Lawyers against the War LAW), filed an Information in the Provincial Court of B.C. (British Columbia) charging George W. Bush as President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces with torture.

When Davidson went to court on December 6th to secure a date for a
process hearing, the Attorney General applied to declare the information a nullity on the grounds that, as head of state, Mr. Bush was immune from prosecution. In an extraordinary action and over the objections of the reporter present, the courtroom was sealed and the press and public were excluded. Behind closed doors, the charges against Bush were stopped before any evidence could be heard.

An application for review of that decision was filed in the Supreme
Court of B.C. The pre-hearing conference on Thursday is to determine a
schedule for the exchange of arguments and authorities and to set a date for the review itself. The Attorney General wants to prevent the public and the press from attending this pre-hearing conference.

Many individuals and organizations around the world allege that George
Bush has used his position as President of the United States and
Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces to carry out torture that
has included among its victims at least one Canadian (a minor) and many, perhaps thousands, of other non-Americans. These allegations and the evidence supporting them are widely available. LAW wants to present this evidence in court.

More at:
http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20050823114106482

[sam sarrha]

1. there goes free speach

[BlueJac]

2. Catch him if you can!!

[Cleita]

3. I hope more countries file the same suit.

Some of them are bound to let it go to a court. I would like to see GWB in a position where he can't travel anywhere outside of the USA without being arrested. We may have to wait until he is out of office, but I don't think that the head of a sovereign nation thing covers him once he is a private citizen.

In the meantime, we will do our best here in the USA to change our Congress to one that will impeach Bush for war crimes. The world really has to take action to close in on him. Standing on the sidelines waiting for something to happen is no longer an option, IMHO.

[buzzard]

4. Heads of state can't be prosecuted if in Canada on official business,

not to mention that our Government would have to want to proceed with such charges. While it makes me giddy to think of such an outcome it is very unlikely to happen.

[JohnyCanuck]

5. I agree it's unlikely , but I say kudos to the lawyers of LAW

anyway, for taking action to publicize the Bush Junta's illegal behaviour. The more the world is made aware of what a bunch of war criminals they really are, the better as far as I am concerned.

[wli]

6. our duty is not done until they stand trial in the Hague n/t