Friday, January 09, 2004
Things might be looking up for the British inhabitants of Guantanemo Bay, The softening of the US line could remove what was perceived to be the main stum bling block to repatriation - the inability of the British government to promise that the Guantanamo Britons would be prosecuted on their return to this country. We shouldn't relax just yet, what guarentee do we have that they won't just be switched from Camp Delta US to Camp Delta UK, where men are being held because the UK Government doesn't believe it can successfully prosecute them? In the UK they can be tried in courts without being present and without any means to properly defend themselves. Just because they may be transferred back to the UK we shouldn't assume their human rights will no longer be violated.
