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...experienced many of the natural disasters that affect other areas. We are, however, plagued by man-made disasters resulting from our corrupt leaders' mismanagement and plunder of our natural resources. The result is that masses of our people wallow in penury. Stella Ahumibe Owerri, Nigeria Guantánamo Farewell While the release of the final four British citizens held for three years at the Guantánamo prison camp was welcome [Jan. 24], it is staggering that Washington still claims that these men are hard-core terrorists. If they are so dangerous, why did the U.S. free them? Officials cannot...
...their lives. Prasanna Aryaprema Panadura, Sri Lanka Torture and Terrorists In his column "where's the outrage?," about the Senate confirmation hearings on Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales [Jan. 17], Joe Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration decision to use severe physical interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant rights, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ineptness and arrogance, the need for affordable health insurance and, most...
...unlawful). Although the U.K. “opted out” of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (which enshrines the right to liberty) in passing the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act, the U.S. has denied terror detainees, most notably at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, both rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the protections of International Humanitarian Law guaranteed by the Geneva Conventions. The difference between these countries’ provisions is, at once, simple and frightening: while the British made an exception that allowed them to hold prisoners indefinitely...
...announced plans to dramatically extend the state's powers to deal with suspected terrorists in Britain. Antiterrorist legislation introduced after Sept. 11 has allowed 11 foreign suspects to be held in high-security jails without charge or trial, a situation human-rights activists have dubbed "Britain's Guantánamo." The U.K.'s highest court of appeal in December declared that the measures unlawfully discriminate against non-British citizens; the laws don't apply to U.K. nationals. In response, Clarke wants to expand the law to encompass Britons, too. But instead of prison, suspects will be subject to house arrest...
Inhiscolumn"Where'sTheOutrage?", about the Senate confirmation hearings of Attorney General--designate Alberto Gonzales [Jan. 17], Joe Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantnamo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration decision to use severe physical interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant rights, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ineptness and arrogance, the need for affordable health insurance and, most tragic, the endless slaughter in Iraq. There is no outrage because...