"Our preliminary reading of the new legislation raised news concerns and questions", ICRC President Kellenberger said. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has slammed a new U.S. anti-terror law approved by President George W. Bush this week as undermining international humanitarian law.
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"The very broad definition of who is an "unlawful enemy combatant" and the fact that there is not an explicit prohibition on the admission of evidence attained by coercion are examples."
The new law signed by Bush on Tuesday, October 17, allows secret overseas CIA prisons, harsh interrogation practices and military trials of "terror" suspects.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-10/20/01.shtml
Please also see:
Developments in US policy and legislation towards detainees: the ICRC position
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/kellenberger-interview-191006?opendocument
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"The very broad definition of who is an "unlawful enemy combatant" and the fact that there is not an explicit prohibition on the admission of evidence attained by coercion are examples."
The new law signed by Bush on Tuesday, October 17, allows secret overseas CIA prisons, harsh interrogation practices and military trials of "terror" suspects.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-10/20/01.shtml
Please also see:
Developments in US policy and legislation towards detainees: the ICRC position
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/kellenberger-interview-191006?opendocument
Please click photo for clarity.