Abstract
On July 3, 2003, the US government announced that six “unlawful combatants” detained at its military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be tried by US military tribunals instead of civilian courts (figure).1 Although proceedings against two UK and one Australian national have since been suspended, use of the tribunal against any detainee merits concern. According to the US military, in addition to hunger strikes,2 by June, 2003, there had been 28 suicide attempts by 18 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, with at least 18 attempts in 2003 alone.
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