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Revision as of 02:20, March 28, 2007
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a military prison of the United States of America on the eastern tip of the island of Cuba. In this prison, the people being held are accused by the US government of terrorism. The liberal organization Center for Constitutional Rights is organizing attorneys to file habeas corpus petitions in the Washington, D.C., federal court on behalf of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. [4]
Due to security concerns the media has not been given access to the detention center, and the Bush administration has said that interrogations are vital tools for winning the War on Terror[1] There have, however, been a number of accusations of the use of torture as an interrogation method at the camp. [2][3][4]
- The Australian David Hicks has been held in the camp for over five years. He was originally charged with "conspiracy, attempted murder by an unpriviledged belligerent and aiding the enemy." [5] but these charges were dropped "after the US Supreme Court ruled the original military commissions system established by President Bush unconstitutional without Congressional authorization." [6] He was later charged with "providing material support of terrorism" and "attempted murder in violation of the law of war" - the latter charge was also dropped. [7] [8]. On March 26, 2007 David Hicks plead guilty to the charge. "A prisoner exchange agreement between Australia and the US means Hicks will be allowed to serve out any remaining prison time in Australia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today."[9]
References
- ↑ "The president said the legislation must allow the CIA’s interrogation program to continue. “The information the Central Intelligence Agency has obtained by questioning men like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has helped disrupt terrorist plots, including planned strikes inside the United States and on a U.S. Marine base in East Africa, an American consulate in Pakistan, and Britain's Heathrow Airport,” Bush said. “This CIA program has saved American lives, and the lives of people in other countries.”" [1]
- ↑ [ http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1981955,00.html]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2004/d20040610cs.pdf Hicks' original charge sheet
- ↑ http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/02/us-re-charging-guantanamo-detainees.php Some background on the charge process
- ↑ http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20070301hicks.pdf The Hicks Charge Sheet
- ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/hicks-knew-fight-was-wrong/2007/03/26/1174761313462.html
- ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/hicks-pleads-guilty/2007/03/27/1174761414531.html