Court date to be set for Torture Charges against Bush

[pbartch]

Court date to be set for Torture Charges against Bush

Thursday, December 2, 2004

Lawyers against the War applied today to have the torture charges against George Bush set before a judge to determine whether a summons or warrant should issue. A date will be set in BC Provincial Court, Criminal Division, at Vancouver on Monday December 6th 2004.

Torture charges against Bush were laid November 30th 2004 by Gail Davidson, co-chair of Lawyers against the War--LAW, under provisions enacted pursuant to the U.N. Convention against Torture, ratified by Canada in 1987 and the United States in 1994. The charges concern the well known abuses of prisoners held by US Armed Forces in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba.

Because Bush is not a Canadian citizen the consent of the Attorney General of Canada is required within 8 days in order for the prosecution to continue.

LAW has requested that Attorney General of Canada, Irwin Cotler review the evidence upon which the charges are based before deciding whether to consent to the prosecution.

Canada has a duty under the Convention against Torture to ‘take effective measures to prevent torture’.

http://www.lawyersagainstthewar.org/press.html#December

[Bouncy Ball]

1. I hate to get my hopes up

but I hope this is for real.

Nah, nevermind, why get excited?

[Free2BMe]

2. George Bush is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.

[Pegleg Thd]

3. Go Canada, Go!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Tharks]

4. World War 3

Suppose this is real, Canada would be out of its mind to press charges on Bush - things would erupt immediately. The US would declare war on Canada and the EU would probably come to Canada's defence - it'd be WW3. Nobody wants this outcome.

[donhakman]

6. Even if caught red handed he owns the court

I was thinking about how W would hold up under torture...

[rodeodance]

5. gee, you think Bush will show up?

[vol5516]

7. yeah, right!

I don't think George Bush has anything to worry about from these Canuks!!!