Amnesty pleads for Guantanamo inmates

by bbc

Sat, Jan 11, 2003 11:00AM

"Human rights group Amnesty International has called for the US to charge or release all of the prisoners held at its base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay."

"The call comes on the first anniversary of the arrival of prisoners from Afghanistan.

About 600 suspected Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters are being held at the American base, in what Amnesty describes as a "legal black hole".

The inmates - who come from 40 different countries - have been classified by the US as unlawful combatants, not prisoners of war, and have no right to legal representation or family visits. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2648241.stm

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§Amnesty Int. What a joke

by Clark K.

Sat, Jan 11, 2003 1:56PM

Where were these fools when these same Taliban were executing people in public, cutting off hands, and flogging women for not having the right burqa? Or is only the U.S. required to play by their idiotic rules?

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