Sunday, October 07, 2012

Omar Khadr's Return and the Descent of American Justice in World Opinion

Omar Khadr Returned to Canada After US and Canada Ignored International Law for Years 

by TRNN


Michael Ratner: The Khadr case and others show how human rights have deteriorated in the US; Assange right to fear extradition


Watch full multipart The Ratner Report

Michael Ratner is President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York and Chair of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin. He is currently a legal adviser to Wikileaks and Julian Assange. He and CCR brought the first case challenging the Guantanamo detentions and continue in their efforts to close Guantanamo. He taught at Yale Law School, and Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild. His current books include "Hell No: Your Right to Dissent in the Twenty-First Century America," and “ Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away With Murder.” NOTE: Mr. Ratner speaks on his own behalf and not for any organization with which he is affiliated.