One “unlawful combatant” to be released, but most remain unlawfully detained
The ICJ welcomes the announcement that Yaser Hamdi, a dual US/Saudi national who has been detained as an “unlawful combatant” mostly incommunicado since late 2001, is to be released from a US Naval Brig.
USA: Hearings Begin at Guantánamo Bay
Military court proceedings for four detainees, two Yemenis, a Sudanese and an Australian currently held at the US army base began on 25 August and lasted four days. The detainees are being tried under the Military Order on the Detention, Treatment, and Trial of...US Supreme Court: First Step in Taking Guantánamo Bay Detainees Out of Legal Blackhole
The US Supreme Court ruled on 28 June that non-US citizens held off-shore at Guantánamo Bay have the right to habeas corpus. In the Rasul case, the Supreme Court rejected the Government’s argument that foreigners who are not held on US soil could be denied...
First step in taking Guantanamo detainees out of legal black hole
“The US Supreme Court has taken the first step in closing the legal black hole in which the US Government is holding prisoners in Guantanamo Bay”, said Nicholas Howen, Secretary General of the ICJ.
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