Tutu calls for Guantanamo closure:"horrendous subversion" of the law

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Tutu calls for Guantanamo closure

Archbishop Tutu says the camp is a "horrendous subversion" of the law"

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined in the growing chorus of condemnation of America's Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

He said the detention camp was a stain on the character of the United States as a superpower and a democracy.

He also attacked Britain's 28-day detention period for terror suspects, calling it excessive and untenable.

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Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Archbishop Tutu said he was alarmed that arguments used by the South African apartheid regime are now being used to justify anti-terror measures.

"It is disgraceful and one cannot find strong enough words to condemn what Britain and the United States and some of their allies have accepted," he said.

The respected clergyman said the rule of law had been "subverted horrendously" and he described the muted public outcry - particularly in America - as "saddening".


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[malaise]

1. Well most of the men in power

supported apartheid. Well said Tutu.

[Burried News]

2. Sure would be nice if the Catholic Bishops did the same.

But hell a deals a deal ... don't hear much about Pedophile Priests these days, do we?

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3. South Africa has Desmond Tutu. We have pink tutus for "leaders".

Sorry, just couldn't resist the comparison. Desmond Tutu is a giant compared to our pygmies.