[Politics] Canadian accused of being Hezbollah Spy

scandium · 07-28-06, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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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?

Relevance? The Canadian held in question has dual citizenship, Canadian & Israeli, and therefore its one of their own citizens they are detaining without charge (who is also one of ours) and not a foreign prisoner of war - or is Israel at war with Canada now?

[Edit] here's a hint to help you get it August: as an Israeli citizen, and based on the circumstances surrounding his arrest, what is applicable here is that they have to either charge him with espionage, or treason, or release him, and cannot hold one of their own citizens as a prisoner of war until the "war on terror" ends, which it never will.