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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
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13 Aug 2004 03:27:35 AM |
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OT: Malcolm Evans |
The blind eye of the law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/story/0,3604,1282156,00.html
The appeal court has legitimised the use of confessions made under
torture abroad to detain suspected terrorists. Next stop, the House of
Lords
Malcolm Evans
Friday August 13, 2004
The Guardian
The 2001 Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act states that a
non-national can be detained indefinitely if the secretary of state
suspects that person of being a terrorist and he or she is believed to
be a risk to national security.
Article 15 of the 1984 United Nations convention against torture says
that states "shall ensure that any statement ... made as a result of
torture shall not be invoked as evidence in any proceedings, except
against a person accused of torture as evidence that the statement was
made".
How do these two precepts of law combine?
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