The U.S. detention camps at Guantanamo Bay have been operating now since 2002.There are still over 250 people being held in these camps without formal arrest or charge.
The Rudd Government may ignore the moral and human rights implications of supporting the government which operates these camps and our courts may remain silent because the issue has not been before them.
However, the British High Court of Justice (Queens Bench Division) spoke out in a limited fashion in an open judgment on 21 August 2008, about certain circumstances making an arguable case that rendition, unlawful detention, cruel and degrading treatment had occurred to a former British resident currently held at Guantanamo.
Along with attempts to deny the ability to conduct a fully informed defence.
The Nature Notes cartoon came from The Times online
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