OPPOSING A LAWLESS GOVERNMENT: If Muslim, jail for pre-crime
In the United Kingdom a vigorous opposition to that government's practical suspension of the rights of the accused, as long as they're Muslim, has risen up. This stands in some contrast to the attitudes of the Republican right in this country, a segment which considers the recent Supreme Court decision to correct the Bush's administration suspension of habeas corpus in Guantanamo to be a very bad thing.
"The way the US and Britain are tackling terrorism is entirely wrong, former Lebanon hostage Terry Waite said in London this week," reported a UK agency here.
" 'It is entirely wrong to incarcerate people when they don’t even know what they are imprisoned for,' he said, in a criticism of the British government’s top secret trials in which neither the accused nor the lawyers are told the exact charges or details of the alleged evidence."
Over the years, this blog and your friendly neighborhood GlobalSecurity.Org Senior Fellow have covered terror cases in England. Often, the reported material has dealt with men who have been pulled off the street and thrown into Belmarsh -- a high security prison -- on the flimsiest of charges.
This transpired with the notorious London ricin case, a prop which was subsequently used by the Bush administration as part of its rationale for war with Iraq.
"Lawrence Archer, the foreman of the jury in the 'ricin terror plot' trial of five Algerian men – 'where there was no ricin and no plot' - recalled that although four of the accused were found to be innocent, within weeks the government said it would deport them to Algeria even though it knew they would face a risk of torture," continued the report.
The critics of UK terror policy were gathered at an art exhibit -- "Captivated - The Art of the Interned," a presentation of "art by men detained in Belmarsh prison" held in London.
Currently, the UK government is attempting to extend the time alleged terrorists can be held without charge from 28 to 42 days. However, the passage of the law is not guaranteed and there is a strong opposition movement.
"Moazzem Beg, who was detained for years at the US prisons in Bagram in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay said that though 42 days detention without charge was under discussion, 'the government already has powers to detain people for eight, nine or 10years..." said the news article.
Recently:
Britain's War on Terror.
In the United Kingdom a vigorous opposition to that government's practical suspension of the rights of the accused, as long as they're Muslim, has risen up. This stands in some contrast to the attitudes of the Republican right in this country, a segment which considers the recent Supreme Court decision to correct the Bush's administration suspension of habeas corpus in Guantanamo to be a very bad thing.
"The way the US and Britain are tackling terrorism is entirely wrong, former Lebanon hostage Terry Waite said in London this week," reported a UK agency here.
" 'It is entirely wrong to incarcerate people when they don’t even know what they are imprisoned for,' he said, in a criticism of the British government’s top secret trials in which neither the accused nor the lawyers are told the exact charges or details of the alleged evidence."
Over the years, this blog and your friendly neighborhood GlobalSecurity.Org Senior Fellow have covered terror cases in England. Often, the reported material has dealt with men who have been pulled off the street and thrown into Belmarsh -- a high security prison -- on the flimsiest of charges.
This transpired with the notorious London ricin case, a prop which was subsequently used by the Bush administration as part of its rationale for war with Iraq.
"Lawrence Archer, the foreman of the jury in the 'ricin terror plot' trial of five Algerian men – 'where there was no ricin and no plot' - recalled that although four of the accused were found to be innocent, within weeks the government said it would deport them to Algeria even though it knew they would face a risk of torture," continued the report.
The critics of UK terror policy were gathered at an art exhibit -- "Captivated - The Art of the Interned," a presentation of "art by men detained in Belmarsh prison" held in London.
Currently, the UK government is attempting to extend the time alleged terrorists can be held without charge from 28 to 42 days. However, the passage of the law is not guaranteed and there is a strong opposition movement.
"Moazzem Beg, who was detained for years at the US prisons in Bagram in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay said that though 42 days detention without charge was under discussion, 'the government already has powers to detain people for eight, nine or 10years..." said the news article.
Recently:
Britain's War on Terror.
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