US military jails 'black holes', say US lawyers for Afghan reporter

[struggle4progress]

... The US military is holding Jawad Ahmad, who has worked with Canadian Television (CTV), at its detention facility at Bagram north of Kabul on allegations he is an "unlawful enemy combatant" ...

"When the United States detains reporters, photographers, camera operators and holds them for long period without charge for any offence and without trials and without any evidence, we know that part of the goal is to just shut people up," <US human rights lawyer, Barbara J. Olshansky> said ...

Olshansky said she was concerned a new prison being planned for the US Bagram Air Base would be similar to a US prison camp set up at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in late 2001 for suspects in its "war on terror".

"We will be attacking the use of Bagram as a legal black hole, as a second Guantanamo, as a place where no laws apply," she told the media briefing ...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hc5zHmGFnUL-ww3pWRz-DzsIQb8Q

[EFerrari]

1. Olshansky has been outstanding this whole, long, horrible time. n/t

[Mnemosyne]

2. Needs more knr! n/t