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Judge Orders Release of Detainee by Late August
Judge Orders Release of Detainee by Late August
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 American custody. “Enough has been imposed on ...
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
Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
jurist.law.pitt.edu — [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 ... (more) Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
Government Might Allow U.S. Trial for Detainee
Government Might Allow U.S. Trial for Detainee
nytimes.com — The Obama administration changed course Friday in the case of one of the youngest prisoners at Guantánamo... Bay , Cuba, saying he would no longer be considered a military detainee but would be held for possible prosecution in American civilian courts. ... (more) Government Might Allow U.S. Trial for Detainee
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Jawad Case Update
Hit & Run — Yesterday U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle ordered the Obama administration to release Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad, who has been imprisoned since December 2002, by August 21, saying there are no legal grounds for continuing to hold him. In the meantime, as I ...

Tortured Child Case: U.S. Air Force JAG Maj. David Frakt's Client Ordered Released!!
Corrente — ... Major David Frakt, JAG Corps, has promised to continue fighting on behalf of his client, as the Obama Administration is opposed to the young man's release. Major Frakt's expertise has earned accolades outside the courtroom, from the ACLU to firedoglake. A federal judge who had earlier challenged the government's evidence against the detainee ordered him released today, offering a further curb to the unitary executive. ...

Our Sacred Ground
Bitch. Ph.D. — ... If you put the people who are currently held at Guantanamo in the American criminal justice system, some of them are going to be released. Because some of them are innocent. And once their cases are thrown into the light that is United States Federal Court, that's going to become painfully clear. ...

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