It Might Have Happened to You

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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781908476463


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Страниц 242

Год выпуска 2012

Britain"s "Guantanamo Bay" - a contemporary account of how British citizens were arrested and imprisoned without charge or trial under Regulation 18B. The Editor, Guy Aldred, was a dedicated, life long socialist and in his Forward he makes the following statement. "I have practically no political sympathies with the individuals now interned, as individuals. Were they free I would be their opponent. But they are imprisoned without charge or trial. They are not tried because no charge can be brought against them. Many of them were soldiers and suffered in the first Great War, which I opposed as did some members of His Majesty"s Government. Under these circumstances I dare to come forward, not as an apologist of their opinions, but as the defender of their civil rights. If they are traitors, indict them. If they are not traitors, release them. If they cannot be indicted, they ought to be restored to human liberty. In the name of John Hampden, Thomas Paine, Richard Carlile, and most of...