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06-29-2011, 09:08 AM #1
Martial law provision secretly passed in Congress Committee
Deborah Dupre
Human Rights Examiner
Martial law provision secretly passed in Congress Committee
Martial Law provision goes to Senate
A noted human rights group spokesperson has stated that the mandatory military detention provision that the Senate Armed Services Committee secretly discussed and passed this week, is what martial-law states, not democracies do.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's vote this week redefined rules for detaining terrorism suspects, including giving power to military judges to review cases of prisoners in Afghanistan and mandating military detention for important Qaeda suspects even captured on United States soil according to The New York Times.
The Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program senior counsel for Human Rights Watch, Andrea Prasow said “mandatory military detention is what martial-law states do, not democraciesâ€Join our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & to secure US borders by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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06-29-2011, 09:16 AM #2working4changeGuest
This clause was also embedded in another major piece of legislation awhile back but I can't remember which one. Probably has been hidden in many other bills that have already passed.
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