Wednesday, December 12, 2007




"Doing this many years after they have originally been detained on other grounds unavoidably results in something which international law categorizes as arbitrary detention," Scheinin said.

He also described as "very problematic" the question of the independence of the military tribunals and the use of evidence obtained by coercion.

Of the hearing he observed, Scheinin said "the military judge really did his best in difficult circumstances to strive for a fair trial, but within impossible conditions."

In addition to observing the legal hearings, U.S. officials had invited Scheinin to visit the actual detention facilities. Scheinin said he declined that offer because he was not guaranteed unmonitored access to the detainees.



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