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On 10 September, a US Court of Appeals reversed the decision of a lower court in the case of José Padilla, a US citizen held in indefinite detention since 2002. The Court held that Congress clearly authorized President Bush to order such suspects to be detained by the...USA: Senate votes to strip Guantánamo detainees of right to habeas corpus
On 15 November, the US Senate passed Senator Graham’s amendment to a Defence Bill, removing the right to habeas corpus from Guantánamo Bay detainees. Under the law, which has to be approved by the House of Representatives, the detainees would only be able to challenge...
Michèle Rivet s’est vue décerner un Doctorat Honorifique par l’Université d’Ottawa
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