http://www.blackcommentator.com/133/133_guest_lawyers.html-snip-
Gail Davidson, Co-Chair of Lawyers against the War (LAW) has laid seven torture charges against U. S. President George W. Bush. If Davidson, a Vancouver, Canada based-lawyer and her organization have their way President Bush will be tried in Canada on these charges. The charges were laid when President Bush visited Canada on November 30, 2004. These charges concern the well-known abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, photos of which shocked the world last year, as well as similar abuses at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that have emerged more recently.
The Canadian government used a claim of diplomatic immunity to have the information charging Bush declared a nullity. On behalf of LAW, Davidson was seeking to set a date for a hearing into the charges and came armed with evidence. Judge William Kitchen acceded to the Attorney General’s objections and declared the charges “a nullity.”
I recently interviewed Davidson on Saturday Morning Live on CKLN-FM 88.1(Saturday’s 10:00am to 1pm) about the case against President Bush.
Says Davidson:
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It must be mentioned that the movement only had two weeks to organize the protest against President Bush. When LAW was unable to pin down President Bush in Canada they joined the prosecution of Donald Rumsfeld and 11 other high ranking individuals filed also on November 30th 2004, by the US group Center for Constitutional Rights. This case was dismissed and CCR, LAW and the other complainants are appealing. LAW has members in 14 countries: U.S., Kenya, the UK, Syria, Sweden, Holland, Denmark, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, India and Poland.
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Canada is timid? afraid of the bushgang?
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