I arrived at school on Monday to hear the shouts of anger from many of you in Room 6, disappointed in President Obama's decision to hold off the full closure of Guantanamo Bay and to retain some of the prisoners. Following our study of human rights last term, it was clear that many of you have established strong opinions and views about torture and wrongful detention. Along with you, human rights campaigners all over the world are angry over the decision to resume military trials.
The President has stated new rules, designed to make the trials fairer. Evidence gathered from torture methods are not to be used as evidence against a prisoner. Is this far enough? Amnesty International claims that the prison should be closed altogether claiming that "You cannot revamp a system that is, in essence, unfair."
Read these news reports. Give your opinion.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090516/twl-anger-at-obama-guantanamo-trials-rul-41f21e0.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8052999.stm
Cross Country 2010
2 comments:
This new is quite shocking, he should not be trialing people who of which might of not be part of any bombings. Especially when there is absolutely or little proof of them being involved in any terrorist attacks. They shouldn't be torturing people who might be innocent and have done nothing wrong.
i think kyles opinion was great i totaly agree
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