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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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11 Sep 2004 03:31:08 AM |
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OT: Rachel Shabi |
Guantánamo in our back yard
It is three years since the devastating attack on New York's Twin
Towers and nearly as long since 'suspected international terrorists'
have been detained in UK prisons, without charge, without trial and
with no prospect of release. Are we so terrified of attack that we are
prepared to turn a blind eye as our civil liberties are jettisoned?
Rachel Shabi investigates
Saturday September 11, 2004
The Guardian
It began nearly three years ago in the early hours of December 19
2001. Nine men were removed from their homes across the country by
dozens of police officers and taken to Belmarsh and Woodhill high
security prisons. Their families were not told where they were until
much later. All non-UK nationals - from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and
Tunisia - the men were certified as "suspected international
terrorists" under a new law passed only days before, the
Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act (ATCSA), whereby the home
secretary requires only "reasonable belief" that those detained are a
threat to national security. The men cannot be identified because to
do so might put their families at risk here and in their home
countries. They have been in prison now for years, without charge,
without trial and with no prospect of release. To allow for this,
Britain had to renege on the section of the European convention of
human rights stipulating no detention without trial - the only country
out of 40 to have done so.
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