From Kevin Spidel in the DC office:
Help protect people from abuse and arbitrary detention! Habeas Corpus is a right that has been around since before the United States existed. It is the most basic and fundamental protection against arbitrary detention and other human rights abuses, and Congress has taken it away from any non-US citizen in US custody that the President designates an "enemy combatant."
Now, even lawful permanent residents who are in the US can be held without the simple opportunity to go to and independent court and ask the government to show it has a basis for holding them. People who have languished in Guantanamo for more than five years cannot get any substantive review of their detention. The United States has become a country that can hold people without charge, without hope and without end. I know this is not the America you believe in.
Take action now and tell you Senators and Representatives that this cannot stand. Ask them to restore this cornerstone of justice and due process by removing the prohibition on habeas corpus passed by the Congress and signed by the President last fall. Let them know that the United States is a nation of laws, and that no one should be held indefinitely on the judgment of one man. Let them know that this is not the America you believe in.
Help restore habeas corpus rights! Take action »
Sincerely,
Kevin Spidel
Project Manager, Denounce Torture Initiative
Amnesty International USA
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