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Letter from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to U.S. Ambassador Moley re: Detainees Subject to the Military Order on Detention

June 28, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 4988
This letter is from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention under the United Nations Human Rights Council to U.S. Amb. Moley concerns the military detention of Feroz Ali Abassi, Moazzam Begg, David Hicks, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul and Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi. Ms. Zerrougui raises concerns over the military commissions and the opportunity to appeal any sentence handed down under the procedures of the court. Ms. Zerrougui asks that "take all necessary measures to guarantee the right of the above named persons not to be deprived arbitrarily of their liberty and to fair proceeding before an Independent and impartial tribunal, in accordance with articles 9 and 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 9 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.