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On 16 July a US Court of Appeals reversed an earlier ruling by a US District Court that had halted proceedings by military commissions. In the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, alleged former driver and bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, the Court of Appeals ruled that trials by...Canada: UN experts say security detainees’ rights are undermined
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