Lawyers for Chinese Gitmo detainees to appeal directly to Supreme Court
Lawyers for a group of Chinese Uighur detainees being held by the US at Guantanamo Bay plan to ask the US Supreme Court to hear an appeal of last month's District Court ruling authorizing their continued detention....
Abu Bakker Qassim et al. v. George W. Bush et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge James Robertson, December 22, 2005 [ruling that two Chinese Uighur detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay can...
Federal judge rules Chinese Gitmo detainees can be held indefinitely
A federal judge ruled Thursday that two Chinese Uighur detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay could be detained there indefinitely even though their imprisonment was unlawful. US District Judge James Robertson said that the courts simply had...
Federal judge may call Chinese Gitmo detainees to appear before him
US District Judge James Robertson said Monday that he will consider allowing two Chinese Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees to appear in federal court to challenge their ongoing confinement. The two men have been determined...
Judge questions continued detention of Gitmo Uighurs cleared for release
A federal judge met with Justice Department lawyer Terry Henry Thursday to discuss why the US has not yet released two Chinese Uighur Muslims still held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp after the government determined...
The US military is scheduled to complete ongoing renovations to some areas of Guantanamo Bay by Monday, creating improved facilities for detainees who are deemed no longer a threat to the United States, Brig. General Jay...
Rights group claims US holds two Uighurs at Gitmo after clearance
According to the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the US military is holding two ethnic Uighur Muslims at Guantanamo that have been found not to be enemy combatants. Lawyers for Abu Bakker Qassim and Adel...
