15/7/05:BRING DAVID HICKS HOME/OPPOSE US MILITARY TRIALS



fwd-22-Aug-2005

[AddedNote: Following is a copy of Amnesty Internation action calls
to opposing the resumption of controversial Military Commission. The
Military Commission was appointed by President of USA to try people
detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

No wonder, this is a human-rights/legal-mess created by incompetent
Geroge W Bush administration. Such bogged down is in much parallel
with current state of "war on terror" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Australian interest in this particular is, of course, David Hicks,
an alleged "Terrorist", who have been in detention for more than
four years. This is time to bring Hicks home.

-- Regards, U Ne Oo.]

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25 July 2005 - AMR 51/116/2005 - WA 17/05
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

www.amnesty.org

USA: OPPOSE PLAN TO RESUME MILITARY COMMISSION

On 15 July 2005, the US Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia
(DC) held that President Bush was authorised to establish military
commissions and overturned an earlier ruling by a lower court
suspending those trials.

This new decision may be appealed. However the US Department of
Defence has announced that trials before military commissions will
proceed as soon as possible.

Military commissions will not deliver fair trials

While attacks on civilians by armed groups must always be condemned,
Amnesty International believes that the "war on terror" does not
justify a lower standard of justice for those suspected of terrorism-
related offences. The route to security is through the observation of
human rights and the rule of law. This cannot be achieved through the
military commissions.

Amnesty International's concerns with the military commissions
include:

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Administration. Those tried in them can only appeal decisions to the
person who referred them there in the first place: the US
President. A crucial guarantee of a fair trial is that decisions
will not be made by political institutions, but by competent
independent and impartial tribunals. This lies at the heart of due
process of law.

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evidence obtained by torture or other ill-treatment can be used
against those charged. An interrogator could testify to a confession
made by an unknown detainee who may have been tortured. It is
difficult to defend yourself against such allegations if you cannot
test the original confession or how it was obtained.

Take action!

Please write to the US Ambassador in your country or, if you are in
the United States, to President George W Bush.

Please send appeals to:

If you live in the United States:
The Honourable George W. Bush
The President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20500

E-mail: president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Salutation: Dear Mr. President

Amnesty International

(SAMPLE LETTER AVAILABLE AT AMNESTY WEBPAGE)
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POST: Dr U Ne Oo, 18 Shannon Place,Adelaide SA5000,AUSTRALIA




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