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Prisoners of war (or illegal combatants) aren't entitled to trials in civilian courts.
by trothamel 4y ago
Prisoners of war (or illegal combatants) aren't entitled to trials in civilian courts.
- amanaplanacanal 4y ago“Illegal combatants” was a term made up by the Bush administration so they could pretend they didn’t need to treat their POWs according to the Geneva convention. So we have a group of people who don’t get the protection of either the Geneva convention or the civilian courts. It’s a war crime is what it is.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThey are entitled to release at the end of the war.
- rootusrootus 4y agoHow convenient that we don't ever declare the end of wars these days.