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Letter from Mile Florence Rinaldi to Secretary of Defense re: Rights of Detainees in U.S. Custody in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay

July 6, 2002 | ACLU-RDI 2415
Letter is from Mile Florence Rinaldi of Amnisty International in France to Sec. Def. Rumsfeld in conjunction with Amnesty International's memo on rights of detainees in custody. The letter’s author"Urges" the Secretary to "ensure detainees held in US custody are held according to US obligations under international human rights law and standards" particularly with respect to legal proceedings e.g. the right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention in a court of law.