The incarceration by a national government or law enforcement agency without a trial that is increasingly being used as a way of handling dissent. Indefinite detention (termed as “controversial” by Wikipedia) breaches a multitude of national and international laws, including human rights laws. Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights affirms “the right to liberty and security of person,” adding “(n)o one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention.” Anyone arrested “shall be informed at the time of arrest of the reasons” for this action “promptly…”. America’s Fourth Amendment prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures…”. The Fifth Amendment affirms the right of “due process of law” in any proceeding that denies a citizen “life, liberty or property.” America’s Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishments”. In recent years, national governments have begun removing legal obstacles to indefinite detention, often beginning first with low status minorities such as immigrants or alleged terrorists.
The nation’s 14th Amendment states “(a)ll persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof…”. “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of (US) citizens..nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”
Supreme Court rulings affirmed Bill of Rights protections. Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy sided with a majority 2008 ruling, saying:
“Until such time as it can be definitively proven that citizens no longer require the protections provided by the Bill of Rights, it shall remain the principal legal guidance for the United States of America.”
High Court constitutional protections are supposed to be inviolable. Yet the rule of law in America is being systematically eroded. In 2012, America’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) legitimized indefinite detentions prohibited by international law. It permits America’s military to arrest and indefinitely detain anyone uncharged and untried at home and abroad, including US citizens – holding them on suspicions, hearsay, secret evidence, or none at all. It denies due process, equal protection under law, habeas rights, and virtually all others. US authorities may order anyone arrested and imprisoned indefinitely without charge or trial. Abuse of power replaced rule of law protections, a giant step toward full-blown tyranny in America.
Chronological History of Events Involving Indefinite Detention
C.I.A. whistleblower Susan Lindauer First Learned of the 9/11 Conspiracy from Her CIA Handler and Later Proved “9/11 was an Inside Job” using “Controlled Demolition”
The US Army’s Publication ‘Special Forces Foreign Internal Defense Tactics Techniques and Procedures’ Recommends Employing Terrorists and using False Flag Operations
President Roosevelt Issues Executive Order 9066 to Evacuate and Detain in Concentration Camps over 120,000 Japanese Americans
