Jawad Guantanamo release order [US DC]

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Jawad Guantanamo release order [US DC]

July 30, 2009 08:51:00 pm

Jawad v. Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 30, 2009 [ordering that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad be released by August 24, 2009].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Mohammed Jawad.

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