Having published Robert Marleau's wonderful essay on the Freedom of Information,
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080129.wcomment30/BNStory/Front/home
the Globe gets itself all in a twist about the action in the Federal Court brought by the BC Civil Liberties Association and Amnesty International regarding the transfer of prisoners from Canadian troops' to Afghan custody. The issue seems to turn on the application of the Canadian Charter.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20080129.wedetainees29%2FBNStory%2FspecialComment%2Fhome&ord=3942598&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Who needs the Charter? Such transfer is prohibited by the Third Geneva Convention, particularly Articles 10 and 12. What's not to get?
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Syrians watch a bulldozer clear debris outside al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, hit by a bomb dropped from a jet. Photograph: Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images
Why would we stop now?
..after engagement with Canadians globeandmail.ca 24 Oct 07
The story of an attempt to extract public information from the Department of National Defence. Original application: 14 December 2006. This blog is just biding its time, waiting for the last Canadian soldier to leave Afghanistan.
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Meanwhile back in Aleppo...
Syrians watch a bulldozer clear debris outside al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, hit by a bomb dropped from a jet. Photograph: Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images
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And so it goes on...."Taliban suspects"
..after engagement with Canadians globeandmail.ca 24 Oct 07