Amnesty International Responds to Padilla Verdict


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 16, 2007 4:53 PM	CONTACT: Amnesty International Press Office 202.544.0200 x302

Amnesty International Responds to Padilla Verdict

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 16 - Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA’s executive director, issued the following statement in response to today’s verdict in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants charged with terrorism-related offenses: “The trial, part of which an Amnesty International observer attended, failed to address a key issue which poses a great threat to all Americans – detention of a U.S. citizen without charge, as well as alleged torture and ill-treatment during detention. The timing of the U.S. government’s addition of Mr. Padilla to the existing conspiracy charge in the south Florida case raises questions. Mr. Padilla’s indictment in a U.S. federal court ensured that the circumstances of Mr. Padilla’s incommunicado military detention without charge would not be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. “This verdict, if it stands, cannot be seen as an endorsement of a regime of unreviewable executive detention. President Bush should not take today's ruling as permission to continue to hold Americans outside the law at his whim.” ### ###

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