US Urged to Abandon Trials by Military Tribunals

Amnesty International urged the US on Thursday to abandon plans to try Guantanamo prisoners before military tribunals, and asked other nations not to contribute any evidence for use at the trials. The human rights group said the trials do not meet international standards of fairness and should be moved to the US federal courts.

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Anger at US "Rendition" of Refugees Who Fled Somalia

At least 150 people arrested in Kenya after fleeing violence in Somalia have been secretly flown to Somalia and Ethiopia where they are being held incommunicado in underground prisons. "This is extraordinary rendition," said Maini Kiai, chairman of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. "Britain and America are involved in interrogating suspects."

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