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US Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo case      (AFP)
US Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo case (AFP)
AFP - The US Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Yemeni detainee held at Guantanamo Bay despite a lower court order for his release.
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US Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo case
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Bay despite a lower court order for his release. Without giving an explanation, the Supreme Court said it would not take up the case of Yasin Muhammed Basardh, who was ruled innocent of terrorism charges by a US court some six months ago but remains incarcerated at Guantanamo. Basardh's lawyers sought to attach his case to that of a group of seven Chinese ethnic Uighur prisoners at Guantanamo, who are asking the court to order their release into the United States. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/pl_afp/usguantanam...

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