9/11 Victims’ Families Challenge Military Commissions
Thirty-three relatives of people killed in the 9/11 attacks on the US have denounced the Guantanamo war crimes trials as illegitimate and unfair.
In a letter posted on a civil liberties website, the relatives say the military trials are politically motivated.
Pre-trial hearings began on Monday in Guantanamo for five prisoners charged with plotting the 9/11 attacks.
Other 9/11 relatives brought to the hearings by the Pentagon praised them as giving the accused a fair trial.
“Many of us do not believe these military commissions to be fair, in accordance with American values, or capable of achieving the justice that 9/11 family members and all Americans deserve,” says the statement posted on the website of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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