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jurist.law.pitt.edu - 8/2/2009

Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee

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[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday ordered the release [order, PDF] of Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Al-Mutairi's petition for habeas corpus, ...

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nytimes.com - 7/31/2009

Judge Orders Release of Detainee by Late August

— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered that one of the youngest detainees at Guantánamo Bay... , Cuba, be released by late August in a case that drew wide attention because of rulings that he had been tortured by Afghan officials and abused in ... (more) Judge Orders Release of Detainee by Late August

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aclu.org - 7/30/2009

Judge Orders Release Of Guantánamo Detainee Mohammed Jawad

— aclu.org — WASHINGTON – A federal judge today ordered the government to release Guantánamo detainee and American Civil Liberties... Union client Mohammed Jawad, who has been illegally detained by the U.S. for almost seven years. The Afghan government has indicated ... (more) Judge Orders Release Of Guantánamo Detainee Mohammed Jawad

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latimes.com - 7/30/2009

Obama relents to judge's order on releasing Guantanamo detainee - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- Avoiding a showdown with a federal judge, the Obama administration agreed Wednesday to... release from Guantanamo Bay an Afghan prisoner who was captured as a teenager and held nearly seven years for allegedly throwing a ... (more) Obama relents to judge's order on releasing Guantanamo ...

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Americans Are More Pro-Torture Than Chinese
Open Left - Front Page — ... 12 of 19 countries polled: The problem clearly is the support for torture in exceptional circumstances, which, of course, can easily be abused.  Thus, the American problem is less one of sadistic disregard for basic human dignity, and more a matter of trusting authorities who are generally the least worthy of such trust. As Glenn Greenwald noted on Friday: This week, two more Guantanamo detainees -- Khaled Al-Mutairi from Kuwait and Mohamed Jawad of Afghanistan -- were ordered released ...

Consensus, Not Oversight
The Moderate Voice — ... to conclude that it could not disclose those facts in good conscience because the U.S. was, in essence, threatening to put the lives of British citizens at risk by terminating intelligence-sharing over terrorist threats. … The second, from the next day, July 31, is about two more Gitmo detainees who have been ordered released by federal judges following habeus review of their cases: This week, two more Guantanamo detainees — Khaled Al-Mutairi from Kuwait and Mohamed Jawad of Afghanistan — ...