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Old 07-28-06, 01:01 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by scandium
I.10 Everyone has the right on arrest or detention

a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefor;
b) to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and
c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful.
Were the German POWs held in Canada during WW2 afforded these rights?
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