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Take Action on Behalf of the Post-September 11 Detainees
The U.S. government has failed to ensure that its terrorist investigations
in the United States are conducted within the framework of full respect
for international human rights standards. In its recent report,
"Presumption of Guilt: Human Rights Abuses of Post-September 11
detainees," Human Rights Watch found that the U.S. Department of
Justice, under the direction of Attorney General John Ashcroft, has
misused immigration charges to dodge legal restraints on its power to
detain and interrogate persons as it pursues its investigation of the
September 11 attacks. The report documents numerous cases of
arbitrary detention and due process violations as well as a policy of
secret arrests and proceedings that have affected hundreds of
non-citizens.
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