EP OPPOSES DEATH SENTENCE TO BE IMPOSED BY US MILITARY COURT
June 9, 2011: the European Parliament urged US authorities not to impose the death penalty on Saudi national and Guantanamo detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.
MEPs said that rather than a military trial, al-Nashiri should instead be given a fair civilian trial in accordance with international standards of the rule of law.
Al-Nashiri was charged with murder and terrorism for his alleged leading role in the October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. (Sources: Europarl.europa.eu, 09/06/2011)
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