Breaking on BBC - Euro Court finds British Government guilty of

[malaise]

detaining terror suspects without trials.
No link yet.

[acmavm]

1. So, wonder if anyone will pay?

[malaise]

2. Yep there were fines and compensation

Will anyone resign? We'll see.

[LostinVA]

3. Like this is anything new -- look what they did to the Irish in the 70's and 80's

The Guilford Six, etal.

[dipsydoodle]

4. You used a good example there.

:hi:

[malaise]

5. And many others in their former

colonies.

[mmonk]

6. Looks like their courts are progressing towards freedom as ours

regresses towards despotism.

[Solly Mack]

7. Related:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7898900.stm

"The European Court also awarded pay-outs of between £1,500 and £3,400 to 10 other people who were detained in Britain following 9/11 on suspicion of providing support for extremists linked to al-Qaeda.

Judges said the British government had breached three articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, including the right to liberty, the right for lawfulness of detention to be decided by a court and the right to compensation for unlawful detention. "