Posted on 05/21/2008 3:24:39 PM PDT by dynachrome
Strasbourg, 20 May (AKI) - The European Court of Human Rights is to consider claims from eleven terrorism suspects that they suffered psychiatric damage when they were imprisoned by the British government.
On Wednesday the court will hold a public hearing in Strasbourg to investigate the claims in a case brought against the British government.
The applicants, none of whom have British nationality, were allegedly involved in extreme Islamist terrorist groups with links to al-Qaeda, the court said in a statement.
Six of the applicants are Algerian, and the others are French, Jordanian, Moroccan and Tunisian. Another was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, and is stateless.
All eleven were detained after al-Qaeda's 11 September, 2001 attacks in the US. They were imprisoned at various times between December 2001 and October 2003 and initially held at Belmarsh Prison in London under Britain's 2001 Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act.
(Excerpt) Read more at adnkronos.com ...
So, then, terror suspects can suffer psychiatric problems because of their confinement? So, as civilized people, we’re supposed to do what? Let them go?
I sure hope the British courts have some common sense on this. Would hate to see this become the latest foreign law precedent imported here by our Supreme Court.
Sen. sphincter from Pennsylvania will be all over it.
Dention caused mental damage? I certainly hope so.
“Pre-existing condition. Denied.”
I guess you could sue your school if ya ever got detention!
Someone should say Islam caused their mental suffering..
Can we sue the Islamic world?
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