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Article: Guantanamo is small part of bigger picture; Birmingham lawyer Phil Shiner explains why our basic human rights could be the biggest victim of the Government's 'war on terror'.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
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- May 9, 2006
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Byline: Phil Shiner
Guantanamo Bay is back in the news. On Thursday two judges ruled that the High Court could not order the Foreign Secretary 'to make a formal request' to the US to release two British residents.
This week the Attorney General, the Government's chief legal adviser will call for Guantanamo Bay to close, denouncing its illegal practices as 'unacceptable'.
There is no doubt that the Attorney General is right, although he is bound to cause a diplomatic row with the Bush Administration. There have been violations of the most ...