Guantanamo/Detainees

Gitmo Detainees Reject Defense Counsel

Some detainees among the alleged enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay flatly refuse legal counsel. Others at the U.S. military prison merely refuse to open legal mail. Their rebuffs of those who seek to help them escape their indefinite detention apparently are motivated by distrust of Americans and a sense that…

May 7, 2007 11:01 AM CDT

75 Gitmo Lawyers Lobby U.S. for Court Access

Some 75 attorneys representing so-called enemy combatants being held in the Guantanamo Bay prison without trials fanned out over Capital Hill today, lobbying legislators in private meetings in an effort to get their clients into U.S. court. Denouncing the current approach as “executive branch extremism” during a news conference, the…

May 2, 2007 1:08 AM CDT

A Law Day Irony?

A Washington Post column takes President Bush to task, claiming he violates the spirit of Law Day. The Post column by Ruth Marcus notes that Bush signed the annual Law Day proclamation, then goes on to rap him for his expansive view of presidential power. It highlights the irony of…

May 1, 2007 5:22 PM CDT

The Reach of the Writ

Habeas corpus rights of Guantanamo detainees are still up in the air

May 1, 2007 11:18 AM CDT

82 Detainees in Search of a Country

The United States has agreed to release more than a fifth of the 385 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, but in most cases, it can’t find countries to take them. Eighty-two of the cleared prisoners remain at Guantanamo as the government looks for countries willing to accept them or where they…

Apr 30, 2007 4:52 PM CDT

Lawyers Warn of Possible Gitmo Suicides

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees say a Justice Department plan to limit their visits could lead to an increase in suicides. “The level of depression is soaring, I am afraid,” lawyer Clive Stafford Smith told the Associated Press. The DOJ claims lawyers have misused the mail system to inform detainees…

Apr 30, 2007 1:07 PM CDT

Legal Fate of Gitmo Detainees Debated

Senators yesterday debated the legal fate of about 380 detainees remaining at Guantanamo Bay, but no action was taken. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said detainees can be held for years with no legal recourse, the Associated Press reports. Indefinite detention is “unconstitutional. It’s un-American,” he said during…

Apr 27, 2007 2:32 PM CDT

DOJ: Gitmo Lawyers Threaten Security, Need Limits

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking greater restrictions on lawyers representing detainees at Guantanamo Bay, saying they are causing “intractable problems and threats to security.”

Apr 26, 2007 1:14 PM CDT

Captured at 15, Now a Gitmo Murder Defendant

In what may be the first of dozens of new prosecutions of foreign detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. military charged a Canadian with murder and other crimes today. The defendant, Omar Khadr, 20, reportedly was captured in 2002 in Afghanistan at age 15, after being severely wounded,…

Apr 25, 2007 12:26 AM CDT

British Sailors Can’t Sell Their Stories

Britain has done an about-face about allowing 15 marines and sailors recently held captive in Iran to sell their stories. Reversing a highly controversial decision, the government announced today that no members of the military may sell information to the media, reports the New York Times. More details about the…

Apr 9, 2007 8:07 PM CDT

Gitmo Detainees Reject Defense Counsel

75 Gitmo Lawyers Lobby U.S. for Court Access

A Law Day Irony?

The Reach of the Writ

82 Detainees in Search of a Country

Lawyers Warn of Possible Gitmo Suicides

Legal Fate of Gitmo Detainees Debated

DOJ: Gitmo Lawyers Threaten Security, Need Limits

Captured at 15, Now a Gitmo Murder Defendant

British Sailors Can’t Sell Their Stories

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