International Law

An empty judgment

By John Hirst

The supreme court struck a blow against Bush's Guantánamo policy. But we've been here before, and the prison's still there

"Yesterday's welcome US supreme court ruling that prisoners in Guantánamo have the right to bring their cases to civilian courts in America, comes four years after the supreme court previously made that decision. The men in Guantánamo are unlikely therefore to greet it with the enthusiasm of the civil rights campaigners and lawyers who have fought so hard for it.

These prisoners have seen too much of US "justice" over six years to have a shred of hope that this decision will mean any speedy arrival in a court where evidence against them will be revealed and weighed, and witnesses for and against be brought".

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on June 14, 2008 (boomark / email).