TV program to see.

Hobbes

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5929DF29-C01F-4BAA-A1A8-E702B3DCCE2B.htm

Wonder if it is being shown here?

Zombrex

I would certainly like to see it ... Channel 4 is the only channel I can see even considering showing it though

I was quite surprised by how fast the whole Camp X-Ray thing was completely forgotten by the media.

Also what exactly are the US going to do with these "enemy combatants?" Are they being held indefinitly.

Hobbes

From what I have read of the news some are being released as innocent after spending 6months to a year there.

As for the media. The media are banned from the place. US Media is allowed in but they are not actually allowed report anything bad about the place. The BBC crew got thrown out for actually doing thier job.

ixoy

How did he get access to film this? The US I thought let noone touch it unless they did a FOX-news and waved patriotic flags around a lot.

What's the deal with the prisoner's rights btw? I seem to recall someone saying that the location of Guantanamo Bay is such that it's in a "no man's land" and is, as a result, not subject to articles such as the Geneva Convention.

Hobbes

Originally posted by ixoy
How did he get access to film this? The US I thought let noone touch it unless they did a FOX-news and waved patriotic flags around a lot.

At a guess they spoke to prisoners who have been released.

What's the deal with the prisoner's rights btw?

They don't have any, except maybe under the geneva convention but it is not like we will let something like that get in the way.

Zombrex

Originally posted by ixoy
I seem to recall someone saying that the location of Guantanamo Bay is such that it's in a "no man's land" and is, as a result, not subject to articles such as the Geneva Convention.

I remember reading somewhere that Bush has agreed to apply some of the Geneva Convention to the Taliban prisoners but not to anyone suspected of being part of Al Queda.

I think neither are considered POW yet though, so they aren't treated as well as they could (should) be under the convention.

It seems all Bush as to do to ignore the convention is to say that they aren't POWs. Kinda makes a mockery of the convention, but then Bush should be well used to mocking international law.

rcunning03

wasnt aware aljazeera had an english website

cheers for that

gobby

its ****ty that no one can do anything about this. america are just too powerfull. they do what they want and when they do wrong, nothing can be done about it.

its almost as if they are laughing at the rest of the world.... :mad:

Evil Phil

The Taliban prisoners have been given prisoner of war status under the Geneva Convention. I don't know what the status of the other prisoners are.

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I could be wrong though, al-jazeera's website say they haven't been granted prisoner of war status.

Mr Pinchy

Another interesting program thats already been slated in the US is Olivers Stones interviews with Fidel Castro. That would be interesting watching in my opinion. Wonder if we'll get to see that one?

chill

Originally posted by Hobbes
From what I have read of the news some are being released as innocent after spending 6months to a year there.

None have been released as innocent. All were captured while fighting as unlawful combatants and are, as such, guilty of that. Many have been released on the grounds of not being a continuing threat to all of us.

Zombrex

Originally posted by chill
Many have been released on the grounds of not being a continuing threat to all of us.

Where they ever a threat to all of us?

Hobbes

Originally posted by chill
None have been released as innocent.

Try to pay attention to what is going on.

Well over a 100 people have been released as innocent while spending months in those cages.

Quick search -> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3051501.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2880301.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1002822,00.html

Actually a number of them are to be released very shortly as innocent. Of course in the civilised world we have this crazy concept called "Innocent until proven guilty" to stop this sort of ****.

I'm sure you wouldn't mind being stuck in a cage for 6 months or more then being let free innocent without any compesation. I mean there are reports of familys destroyed by debt because one of the inmates was taken without telling anyone.

There are also children still detained in the camp who have not been charged with anything. In fact at least one of the kids is the son of a terrorist they captured. He was flown in after his father was captured.