Congratulations on your editorial 'A small but important step' (see [2003] Gazette, 14 August, 14).

The denial of due process to the Guantanamo Bay detainees by the US constitutes a blot on the values of democracy, open justice and respect for the rule of law that she purports to uphold and export to the rest of the world.

Ramnik Shah, Preuveneers & Co, Mitcham, Surrey