No Trials Makes Us the Terrorists at GITMO
The flagrant disregard for the rule of law must stop. You cannot be a conservative and disregard the most basic tenants of the rule of law.
Magna Carta, 1215, a founding document of England/ Great Britain, and subsequently of its colony, and subsequent republic:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled . nor will we proceed with force against him .except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice…
From the New York Times 4/14/13:
ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago.
I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity.
I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial.
I could have been home years ago — no one seriously thinks I am a threat — but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a “guard” for Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of the American movies I used to watch. They don’t even seem to believe it anymore. But they don’t seem to care how long I sit here, either…
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html?_r=0