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June 30th, 2004
PENTAGON Names Tribunal to Hear Guantanamo Trials
Reuters - USA
... toward starting the first US military tribunals since World War II,
naming the officers who will decide the fate of the only three Guantanamo
prisoners charged ...
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5545366>

June 28th, 2004
US Supreme Court Decisions

Rasul et al. v. Bush
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/28june20041215/www.supremecourtus.gov/
opinions/03pdf/03-334.pdf


Hamdi et al. v. Rumsfeld
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/28june20041215/www.supremecourtus.gov/
opinions/03pdf/03-6696.pdf


Rumsfeld v. Padilla et al.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/28june20041215/www.supremecourtus.gov/
opinions/03pdf/03-1027.pdf

 

April 20, 2004
 
 
Links to Audio of Court Proceedings
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/supreme_court/
 
HIGH Court Hears Guantanamo Detainees' Appeals
NPR (audio) - USA
The US Supreme Court hears arguments about the constitutionality of detaining so-called "enemy combatants" at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ...
http://npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/

Amicus brief filed by the ACLU and others
A brief addressing the legal issues of the Guantanamo hearings.
Adobe PDF (offsite)


Legal Proceedings in the News
 

April 20, 2004
JUSTICES Hear Challenge to War Detentions at Guant�namo

New York Times - USA

.. Justices today examine whether federal courts have jurisdiction over the open-ended detention of noncitizens being held at the navy base at Guant�namoBay, Cuba. ...
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February 25, 2004
Two at Guantanamo face military tribunal

Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA
The Pentagon announced yesterday that it will prosecute two Guantanamo Bay detainees in the first military tribunal convened in more than half a ...
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February 24, 2004
Guantanamo trial access 'denied'
BBC News - London,England,UK
Three human rights groups say the Pentagon has turned down their request to observe the military tribunal trials of detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. ...
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Pentagon Excludes Human Rights Observers from Guantanamo Trials
Common Dreams - USA
The Pentagon's refusal to allow human rights groups to monitor upcoming military trials of prisoners held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay ...
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US charges first Guantanamo prisoners
Reuters - London, England, UK
... charges against a Yemeni man and a Sudanese man, both described as having close ties to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, making them the first Guantanamo Bay ...
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February 22, 2004
Justice as much a prisoner in Guantanamo as the 'al-Qaeda'
...
The Scotsman - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Guantanamo the place is a perfect metaphor for Guantanamo the issue. The military base is hot, humid, cramped and secretive, an ...
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Trials called unlikely for Guantanamo 5
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago, IL, USA
LONDON, BRITAIN -- Five Britons due to be released from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are unlikely to face trial in Britain because of a lack ...
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February 16, 2004
Panel to Review Guantanamo Detainees

New York Jewish Times - New York, NY, USA
Suspected terrorists held at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will have the opportunity to appear before an administrative review panel according to the ...
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February 13, 2004
US seeks Guantanamo media

ABC Online - Australia
The Pentagon appears to be moving closer to beginning trials for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, including Australian David Hicks. ...
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February 06, 2004
US to give lawyers to more Guantanamo prisoners
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
The Defense Department also released about nine minutes of videotape showing some of the roughly 650 men imprisoned at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay ...
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February 05, 2004
Guantanamo terror tribunal rules eased

MSNBC - USA
... The trials probably will take place at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where
the US military is holding about 650 people from about 40 countries picked up in the hunt ...
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Political Cartoon from the Boston Globe

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