** Reply to note from Roland Perry <[log in to unmask]> Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:10:27 +0100
> >http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1294586,00.html
> >
> >"The government has refused to give the family of a British prisoner at
> >Guantánamo Bay details of the ill-treatment he alleges he suffered at
> >the hands of his US captors, blaming the Data Protection Act, the
> >Guardian has learned."
>
> It seems a little remiss that when the Foreign Office visited him they
> didn't ask "and can we tell any of this to your family?" And do they
> really have no-one on site now who could ask.
Damn right.
Prisoners have the right to be abused and tortured in privacy. What about his
human rights to dignified torture.
Right?
Right!
Charles
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Planning & Information, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN,
Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-348845.
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