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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-14-05 08:37 PM
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Enemies of the state?
Edited on Wed Dec-14-05 08:40 PM by lovuian
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article333258.ece

By Nigel Morris, Home Affairs Correspondent
Published: 15 December 2005
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The four, who were among 16 suspects detained without trial under post-11 September terror legislation, later overturned by the law lords, give harrowing accounts of the treatment they have suffered. All are now under virtual house arrest. Although three face deportation, The Independent has learnt that there is no prospect of the men ever being questioned over the offences they are alleged to have committed.

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The men were interned in Belmarsh jail in south-east London - which has been called Britain's Guantanamo Bay - and other high security prisons in conditions consistently condemned by human rights organisations. Their detentions were ruled illegal by the law lords a year ago and they have since been released on control orders with tough restrictions on leaving home.


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The disclosure that the men have not been interviewed by the authorities will embarrass ministers, who have claimed that the men present such a terrorist threat that they have to be permanently monitored.

In a report today on the plight of the so-called Belmarsh detainees, Amnesty calls for charges to be brought against them or for the restrictions on their freedom to be lifted. A spokesman said: "Is this really what we call justice in this country? These men have had their liberty taken from them for four years yet they haven't even been charged and tried, let alone found guilty of anything. What's really shocking is that these men, supposedly 'suspected international terrorists', have never once been questioned since their arrest."
a year ago and they have since been released on control orders with tough restrictions on leaving home
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If you had terrorists wouldn't you want to question them... I'm thinking the reason no questions is that the British And American secret services maybe involved...
This just makes no sense???
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 12:01 AM
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atommom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-15-05 10:14 AM
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2. Makes you wonder how many of those being detained are innocent,
doesn't it? It looks as if the authorities are more worried about looking foolish by releasing innocent people than about finding out what really happened.
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