It has been on the go for 5 years, and only a handful have been charged with anything. How can this situation be justified? Surely if a person there is suspectedof terrorism they should give them a chance to defend themselves in court? Doesn't this seem to be a violation of human rights?
2007-01-26 04:17:05 · 15 answers · asked by funnelweb 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
A valid question. What the other contributors fail to grasp is that their jailers have been beating them, not allowing them religious freedoms and forcing them to stand out in cages in temperatures of above 40 degrees celcius. Yet they haven't been convicted.
What happened to presumed innocent before being found gulity?
2007-01-26 04:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can understand the need for a detention centre. However, regular rules should apply, including human rights. A time limit needs to be in place, either you have the goods on an accused or they should be freed.
2007-01-26 12:36:09 · answer #2 · answered by Dutch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer your questions - yes, yes and yes! To the naysayers -
Benjamin Franklin (1706–90)
QUOTATION: Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
2007-01-26 13:35:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
of course it should be closed , its a torture camp for gods sake ! , if we in the west use torture what makes us any different from any rogue or alledged"terrorist" country ,if the dangerous and deadly people locked in gitmo are so deadly lets hear the evidence in a court of law ! if not what is their fate ? a life of being tortured by the alledgedy most advanced free country in the world !!! what a joke .when hitler had camps like these they were condemned and still are today !!
yet if gitmo is closed there are many places the american military run like "camp justice " (diego garcia ) just as illegal just as sick
2007-01-26 12:42:04 · answer #4 · answered by . 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes its also a violation of human rights to conspire to kill 1000s of people
2007-01-26 16:03:47 · answer #5 · answered by liam0_m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree. Guantanamo is just another example of how the US has mismanaged the 'war on terrosism'.
2007-01-26 15:04:17 · answer #6 · answered by James Mack 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They should stay where they are, enjoying all their mod. cons. which are far better than they ever had in primitive Afghanistan. The rules of trials in civilised countries were not designed for barbaric religions and their terrorist fundamentalists.
They are prisoners of war. We did not hear of any squeals from Muslims and their fellow travellers, when Japanese civilians in USA, who clearly did nothing wrong, were put in concentration camps in WW2.
I feel far more sorry for the innocents and children we killed and maimed in Iraq because of revenge against one man.
2007-01-26 14:20:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes, just set those crooks free in cuba, like fidal did to us 25 years ago.
2007-01-26 22:16:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I to all that want it shut down that's fine and we should let them all go live with you and see how much love they show you.
2007-01-26 12:47:58 · answer #9 · answered by evildragon1952 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No. We are dealing with a war-type situation here, and we need someplace to keep prisoners of war. If they are released, they will be back killing our people again.
2007-01-26 13:26:41 · answer #10 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋