Here Are Some Lawyers!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1026073,00.html

The law and Camp Delta

As leaders of the legal professions in our respective countries, we wish to make public our concerns at the treatment of the non-US "enemy combatants" detained by the US authorities in Guantanamo Bay.

We strongly believe that there are now only two legally acceptable courses of action open to the US authorities. Either the US government must return the detainees to their own home countries, where they can be tried, if appropriate, under their own national laws; or they should be tried in a US civilian court with full guarantees for a fair trial.

In our view it is not for the US government to "concede" basic rights as a favour. All detainees are entitled to a fair and lawful trial as of right.

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Axel Calissendorff
President, Swedish Bar
Colin Campbell QC
Dean, Faculty of Advocates, Scotland
Joseph Donnelly
President, Law Society of Northern Ireland
Ron Heinrich
President, Law Council of Australia
Paul-Albert Iweins
President, Paris Bar
Matthias Kelly QC
Chairman, Council of the Bar of England and Wales
Joseph Platt
President, Scottish Law Society
Simon Potter
President, Canadian Bar
Bill O'Shea
President, Law Institute of Victoria, Australia
Peter Williamson
President, Law Society of England and Wales
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thank you, thank you for speaking out.