Thursday, June 29, 2006
Validity and bubbles
On the off chance of wanderers, I would like to tell you about international bubbling this Sunday at 3.00 in Vancouver, Montréal, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and Philadelphia, all local time. You should go.
And now, I have to say the following is long overdue. Radio Canada this morning reported that
And now, I have to say the following is long overdue. Radio Canada this morning reported that
and Gulf News is reporting that other inmates at Guantanamo Bay had been planning to commit mass suicide (apart from the three who successfully did so several weeks ago). American military officials, GN says, have been replacing beds and bedsheets after a number of prisoners were found to have made nooses and hid pills in waistbands and prosthetic legs.La Cour Suprême des États-Unis vient d'infliger une cuisante défaite à l'administration Bush. Elle rejette la validité des tribunaux militaires d'exception créés pour juger les détenus de Guantanamo, désignés comme combattants ennemis.
Cette décision historique remet en cause les pouvoirs exceptionnels dont s'était doté le président George W. Bush, au lendemain des attentats du 11 septembre 2001.
Le juge John Paul Stevens a rédigé cet arrêt, estimant que les procès proposés sont illégaux au regard du droit américain et des Conventions de Genève.
posted by Christopher at 11:08 a.m.
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