A military jury has sentenced Osama bin Laden’s fromer-driver, Salim Hamdan to five years and six months in prison for supporting terrorism.
In an exclusive interview with press TV, Gareth Peirce, a prominent human right lawyer said that Hamdan’s verdict has no legal justification.
“There is no logical legal sense to it that anyone can [...]
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