London Guantanamo Campaign: The American Embassy Vigil
London Guantanamo Bay Embassy Protest Interview01
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<p>Binyams plight is particularly pressing, as he has just been put forward for trial by Military Commission at Guantanamo. This novel system, conceived in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, has been condemned as a 'kangaroo court' by Lord Steyn, a British law lord (now retired). Reprieve is anxious to secure Binyams release not only to prevent him from being subjected to this injustice, but also because, if the trial goes ahead, evidence of his torture by the United States and of Britain's complicity in his rendition and torture will be unveiled, to the acute embarrassment of both governments. Introduced in 1995 by Bill Clinton's administration, the use of the CIA's extralegal system of extraordinary rendition has accelerated since 2001 and has resulted in the kidnap, transfer to third countries and torture of tens of thousands of individuals. Covering a global network of secret prisons and places such as Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, detainees are held incommunicado and without access to legal or medical professionals. A system of detention and cruel and inhuman forms of punishment has grown up outside of the known confines of international law, leaving detainees vulnerable and exposed to the caprices of their captors and without access to due process, even after their release. With international complicity, including that of the British government, a whole new system of lawlessness has come into being and has been sanctioned by international silence. Come and learn more from lawyers who have represented individuals caught up in what the Council of Europe has described as the spider's web of �detentions and transfers� with the collusion of its members. National Web Site Reprieve Web Site </p>
