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Article: Army accused of human rights abuse in case of Iraqis held without trial for five years
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2008
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High Court to rule on detention of two men held in what lawyers
say is a Guantanamo-style legal black hole
Britain is accused of holding Iraqi prisoners of war in a legal
black hole after it emerged that two men accused of killing British
soldiers have been detained without trial for more than five years.
The suspects, the last two Iraqis held in British custody, were
arrested by UK forces at the end of the war and then moved between
three different prison camps in southern Iraq. They claim to have
been secretly detained without charge and refused legal
representation.
In a letter smuggled out of Iraq, the two men call on the British
government to release them or give them a fair trial.
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