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July 31, 2007
Caught in a Kafkaesque System
There is not much to add to this excellent report, except that some of the "Intelligence material" against these poor people almost certainly comes from foreign torture chambers and the extraordinary rendition system.
By Peter GriffithsLONDON (Reuters) - Terrorism suspects held under virtual house arrest in Britain suffer "Kafkaesque" treatment in special courts that review secret evidence against them, a committee of legislators said on Monday.
The committee's report said "no right-minded person" would think the suspects had a fair hearing when they often had no idea of the case against them.
It likened the system to the Star Chamber, a secretive and oppressive English court abolished in 1641.
"This is a process that is offensive both to the basic principles of natural justice as we know it and to British ideas of fair play," said Andrew Dinsmore, chairman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2936079920070730
Posted by craig on July 31, 2007 9:18 AM in the category UK Policy
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