Sentence examples for basic rights of prisoners from inspiring English sources
I do know that the military prison at Guantánamo Bay and the military tribunal system put in place there specifically to avoid recognizing the basic rights of prisoners has made me feel shame for my country.
That decision is the foundation of modern prisoners' rights law and of the principle that the convicted prisoner retains the basic rights of the citizen, despite the fact of their imprisonment.
Annual reports and news releases from AI regarding the rights of prisoners and other human rights.
Critics say the prisoners should be accorded the rights of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.
The topics covered include: right to physical and moral integrity, health rights of prisoners, security regulation, prisoners contact with the outside world, complaints and inspection procedures, special categories of prisoners, and persons under detention without sentence.
Twice, a federal judge ruled that the lack of medical care in Tent City was so awful that it was an unconstitutional violation of prisoners' basic rights.
Prisoners still retain certain basic rights including the rights of access to the courts and the right not to be assaulted.
This month, the European Court in effect accepted the right of the House of Commons to decide on the right of prisoners to vote.
American prisoners suffered so egregiously in part because the British refused to recognize them as enemy soldiers — which would have amounted to legitimizing the colonial government — and therefore denied them the basic rights accorded, by unofficial agreement, to prisoners of war.
