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UN human rights chief praises decision on Guantanamo detainees
Jun 12, 2008, 18:30 GMT
New York - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday welcomed the US Supreme Court's ruling that detainees at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge their detention in US federal courts.
Louise Arbour, a former Canadian Supreme Court justice, said the decision sent a 'vitally important message' that fundamental human rights guarantees are extended to detainees suspected of terrorist activities by the United States.
'I welcome the court's recognition that security and liberty are not trade-offs, but can be reconciled through the framework of the law, and that it is the courts that apply that law,' she said. 'This has long been the hallmark of American constitutionalism.'
Arbour said she submitted a brief to the US Supreme Court on the case, arguing for the detainees' rights.
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previous post should be signed ' an american brainwashed by FOX,ignorant of the most basic rules of civilization....'
To be an american is to recognize the most basic human right.
'previous post should be signed ' an american[sic] brainwashed by FOX,ignorant of the most basic rules of civilization....''
The UN is not the arbiter of 'the most basic rules of civilization'. They have aided and abetted genocide in Rwanda, Kosovo and the Sudan while passing endless resolutions condemning the only democracy in the middle east. The UN has elevated the status of miserable regimes like Iran or Syria to the equal of western democracies with freedom and universal suffrage. The UN protects dictators, encourages corruption and perpetuates misery. It should be completely altered or abolished.
..now all their bbuddies can go free...
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An AmericanJun 12th, 2008 - 18:49:16
I hate the UN.
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