Word: guantanamoã
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...back out on the field would try to kill Americans. That’s just a fact.” The trouble with Rumsfeld’s claim is that he assumes for himself the role of judge and jury, the ability to determine the guilt or innocence of Guantanamo??s inmates. Terrorists must be brought to justice, but before a suspect is deemed a terrorist and imprisoned indefinitely, he must be given access to a trial in order to satisfy the Geneva Convention and the Supreme Court’s June 2004 decision Rasul v. Bush. Complicating...
...Bush publicly ordered that the prisoners at Guantanamo be treated “humanely and, to the extent appropriate with military necessity, in a manner consistent with” the Geneva Conventions. In recent months, American officials have cited the presence of Red Cross observers to deflect criticism for Guantanamo??s lack of accountability and transparency. But Tuesday’s New York Times article, which revealed some of the report’s findings, indicated that the Red Cross had all along been condemning many U.S. practices. The watchdog group had been granted access to detainees...
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