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USA: Military Commissions Act enters into force
On 17 October, President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act (MCA), which authorizes trials of terrorist suspects by military commissions. The MCA also contains provisions that impose severe restrictions on terrorist suspects’ rights to challenge any aspect of detention, transfer, treatment, trial or conditions of confinement before US courts. On the basis of […]