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Obama to revive Guantanamo trials
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy May 15, 2009 05:28pm |
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| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Friday, May 15, 2009 07:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Barack Obama has announced he is to revive military trials for some detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
However, in a statement he said legal rights for those facing the military commissions would be improved.
Mr Obama had halted the trials as one of his first acts on taking office in January, saying the US was entering a new era of respecting human rights.
The decision to revive the military trials has brought harsh criticism from some US civil liberties groups.
There are currently 240 detainees still at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
On the campaign trail last year, Mr Obama had branded the military commissions "an enormous failure". |
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