I still can’t believe the world has let Bush get away with this. I don’t get it. Why isn’t Congress doing something to stop this?

MIAMI (Reuters) - Amnesty International urged the United States on Thursday to abandon plans to try Guantanamo prisoners before military tribunals and asked other nations not to contribute any evidence for use at the trials.

The London-based human rights group said the trials do not meet international standards of fairness and should be moved to the U.S. federal courts.

“These trials threaten to cut corners in pursuit of a few convictions and add to the injustice that the Guantanamo detention facility has come to symbolize,” said Susan Lee, Amnesty’s Americas Program Director.

The report comes as the United States prepares to restart the tribunals with Monday’s scheduled arraignment of Australian prisoner David Hicks, charged with providing material support for terrorism by fighting for al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

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