'No compromise' on Guantanamo trials: "The transatlantic rift over Guantanamo Bay deepened today, as UK politicians and human rights activists seized on the attorney general's admission that George Bush's plans for military tribunals were 'unacceptable'.
After months of behind the scenes negotiations between London and Washington, Lord Goldsmith, in a speech in Paris, declared that the US plans were contrary to the principles of a fair trial.
... [Goldsmith said] "While we must be flexible and be prepared to countenance some limitation of fundamental rights if properly justified and proportionate, there are certain principles on which there can be no compromise.
"Fair trial is one of those - which is the reason we in the UK have been unable to accept that the US military tribunals proposed for those detained at Guantánamo Bay offer sufficient guarantees of a fair trial in accordance with international standards." "
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