[lbo-talk] human rights abuses in Cuba...

[Shane Taylor]

Doug Henwood fwd'd:
> Guantanamo appeal denied
>
> About 600 prisoners are at the base
>
> A US appeals court has ruled that prisoners held
> at a US military base in Cuba do not have the
> right to hearings in American courts.
>
> Handing a major victory to the Bush
> administration, the judges said suspected
> al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters held at
> Guantanamo Bay were aliens outside US
> sovereign territory and were not protected by
> the US Constitution.

Last night the BBC ran a piece about Bush's speech.  They noted that in a
strict legal sense the war had not been declared over.  Doing so would
necessitate the release of Iraqi POWs.  Apparently, without an official
declaration, the US can detain them indefinitely.

-- Shane

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