Detainees held at the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan have refused prison privileges to protest their detention, according to Thursday reports. Since early July, hundreds of Bagram detainees have refused...
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Federal judge dismisses Afghan Bagram detainee habeas petition
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a habeas corpus challenge brought by Afghan national Haji Wazir detained at Bagram Air Base without charges since 2002. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for...
Wazir, et al. v. Gates, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, June 29, 2009 [dismissing a habeas corpus challenge brought by an Afghan detainee who has been held at Bagram Air Base without having been charged...
Several former detainees held at the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan have alleged abuse while in custody, the BBC reported Wednesday. Interviews conducted over a two-month period with...
A federal court on Monday stayed habeas corpus challenges brought by three detainees held at Bagram Air Base pending appeal. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia...
Al-Maqaleh v. Gates, US District Court for the District of Columbia, June 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.al Maqaleh v Gates...
Lawyers who authorized torture 'disgraced profession': JFK counsel Sorensen
Ted Sorensen, former special counsel to US President John F. Kennedy, said in a commencement address at the University of Nebraska College of Law Saturday that lawyers from the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Obama administration to appeal Bagram detainees habeas ruling
The administration of US President Barack Obama will appeal a ruling made last week by Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia that allowed detainees being held by the...
Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees habeas challenges proceed
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can proceed with...
Chief of staff to former US secretary of state Colin Powell Lawrence Wilkerson criticized US terrorism detention practices Thursday, saying that authorities were holding innocent civilians as terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay ...