been brought into focus in the past decade. In the years since the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks‚ hundreds of people have been detained by the United States government as part of its war on terror. Most of these detainees face indefinite detention and have neither been charged with a crime nor afforded prisoner of war status. Habeas corpus serves to protect citizens against arbitrary arrest‚ torture‚ and extrajudicial killings and is a fundamental personal libers guaranteed by our Constitution
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Kassim Ahmad Background THINKER‚ teacher‚ socialist‚ politician‚ Kamunting detainee. In his time‚ Kassim Ahmad was all these and was certainly no stranger to controversy. Following his own philosophical muse has taken him from the highs of his acclaimed commentary on the Hikayat Hang Tuah (in which he argues that Hang Jebat is the true hero of the Malay epic) to the lows of a five-year spell under the Internal Security Act. What’s more‚ after serving 18 years as national chairman of the Parti
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Section 2 – Geography Component PART A – The Current Nature of Migration in Australia 1) Top 10 Countries where Australian Migrants are coming from a) United Kingdom b) New Zealand c) China d) India e) Italy f) Vietnam g) Philippines h) South Africa i) Malaysia j) Germany Source: Reflecting a Nation: Stories from the 2011 Census (June 2012)‚ http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/2071.0main+features902012-2013
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Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Thirteenth Congress Second Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila‚ on Monday‚ the twenty-fifth day of July‚ two thousand and five. Republic Act No. 9344 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE SYSTEM‚ CREATING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE COUNCIL UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE‚ APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House
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In Cold Blood‚ Capote tells the reader of Perry Smith’s past to make the reader feel sorry for Perry‚ as is evident in the following discussion. To better understand how the author conveyed this‚ one must examine Perry’s dream‚ his life in the Detention Home‚ and his relationship with this father and his mother. People can learn a lot about a person by simply looking at what someone’s dreams consist of. In‚ In Cold Blood‚ Capote tells the reader about Perry’s dream through his point of view.
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competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law. Remedies (1) The Writ of Habeas Corpus Is a writ or legal action‚ through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention‚ that is‚ detention lacking sufficient cause or evidence. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to their aid. A writ of habeas corpus is a summons with the force a court order; it is addressed to the custodian and demands that
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The police are some of the biggest violators of human rights in Brazil. Brazil’s police violate peoples human rights by arresting detainees illegally along with treating detainees harshly‚ by allowing the police to get away with torture‚ and by allowing the police officers to get away with murder. The police in Brazil do not follow the countries arrests procedure nor do they treat their detainees properly. The US State Department stated that “Unless a suspect is caught in the act of committing a
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Prisons for “war on terror” attackers were built by the US after 9/11. The main “war on terror” jail is today located in Cuba‚ and it is called Guantanamo Bay. It is a high-security detention camp established by President George W. Bush in 2002. Nevertheless‚ Guantanamo Bay is a prison that created controversy‚ for the treaty towards its inmates. The government of Cuba leased 45 square miles of land to the USA‚ so that they could create
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unless the court has ordered further study pursuant to subsection. After the disposition hearing‚ the court may suspend the findings of juvenile delinquency‚ place him on probation‚ or commit him to official detention which may include a term of juvenile delinquent supervision to follow detention. According to the US Legal.com website‚ dispositional hearings are “hearings held by the juvenile and family court to determine the legal resolution of cases after adjudication. Dispositional hearings may decide
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face spending a Saturday in detention together in their high school library. Detention starts out kind of rocky at first. The students see each other as different and make judgements based on social statuses. As the movie progresses‚ the students start to open up to one another. Allison is a compulsive liar and craves attention because she feels invisable. Brian and Claire are ashamed of their virginity. Andrew even tells his classmates the real reason he is in detention. Later‚ it is also discovered
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