Habeas corpus

From Geography

Habeas corpus is an act that states that prisoners should be brought before court, to determine whether or not they should be imprisoned (Gregory, 2006). This is closely linked to past en present colonialism and human rights. In colonialism and mainly imperialism the others are not treated in an equal way. They are people we don’t know, so different laws apply to them. Still today Habeas corpus is not evident in all places. An example is the modern war on terror, fought mainly by the United States of America. In Guantanamo Bay prisoners form Afghanistan and other places are captured. Habeas corpus is not respected here and even torturing happens (Gregory, 2006).

References

Gregory, D,. (2006) The black flag: Gauntanamo Bay and the pace of exception. In: Geografiska Annaler 88 (4) pp. 405-427

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