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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGuantanamo prison is illegal
Indefinite detention and "interrogation camps" in general both violate the Geneva Convention. Detention without charge or trial for over a decade is unconstitutional and un-American. Swap or no swap, those people still there should given trials immediately (which, after 10 years isn't exactly Due Process is it?) or immediately released.
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Guantanamo prison is illegal (Original Post)
DefenseLawyer
Jun 2014
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JJChambers
(1,115 posts)1. Our Government ignores international rules when convenient
Because, honestly, who is going to enforce those rules?
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)2. If only those things mattered in Bush/Obama's America!
Leme
(1,092 posts)3. Guantanamo prison is illegal, pretty much my thoughts...... o well nt
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)4. So is mass spying on Americans. So are "Kill Lists."
And even more important than that they are illegal, is that they are wrong.
Partisanship now requires leaving conscience and human decency at the door.