ACLU challenges censorship of torture allegations

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International · December 8, 2008 · Secret courts
ACLU challenges censorship of torture allegations
Keywords: Courtroom access; Military access; Prisoner rights

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion Friday to stop the censorship of torture and abuse allegations that have arisen during the prosecution of five high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Members of the press and public are permitted to watch the criminal proceedings -- in which the defendants are charged with involvement in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- by closed circuit television or in a soundproof room separated from the courtroom, the motion reads. Either way, the audio feed is transmitted with a 20-second delay, allowing security officials time to cut the sound whenever a defendant describes the conditions of his imprisonment or interrogation.

And indeed, whenever such topics come up, the feed goes down.

The ACLU motion calls for unredacted transcripts of the military commission proceedings thus far, as well as a ban on similar censorship in the future ... http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=7248

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1. I got an idea

What if the ACLU focused on American issues??