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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
White House reverses Geneva Conventions stance July 11, 2006 After the Supreme Court ruling from June 29, 2006 the White House announced that from now on all US detainees are entitled to the protection Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, including had the detainees at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The Supreme Court ruled that the system of military tribunals set up by the US at Guantanamo was illegal. The announcement came just hours before Congress debates how to change the military tribunals to comply with the court ruling. After September 11, 2001 the Bush administration argued that those captured by the US in the global war on terror are "illegal enemy combatants" rather than prisoners of war. US attorney general Alberto Gonzalez argued in 2002 that fighting the war on terror requires new techniques and that the Geneva Conventions are "obsolete". White House press secretary Tony Snow denied that the announcement constitutes a major shift in policy. "It is not really a reversal of policy. Humane treatment has always been the standard," he said. Related news
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