Court condemns detainees to detention without review
Truthout
by Stephen F. Rohde
The Writ of Habeas Corpus, traced to the Magna Carta of 1215, protects people from arbitrary arrest, disappearance and indefinite detention without charge. … Yet, last week, the Great Writ itself suffered a miscarriage of justice. In ‘Boumediene v. Bush’ and ‘Al Odah v. United States of America,’ consolidated cases brought on behalf of 53 Guantanamo detainees, the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, in a 2-1 vote, upheld the provisions of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) which stripped habeas corpus protection from non-citizens held in US custody in Guantanamo and elsewhere around the world.” (02/27/07)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707E.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Habeas+Corpus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Magna+Carta
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Boumediene
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainees
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
by Stephen F. Rohde
The Writ of Habeas Corpus, traced to the Magna Carta of 1215, protects people from arbitrary arrest, disappearance and indefinite detention without charge. … Yet, last week, the Great Writ itself suffered a miscarriage of justice. In ‘Boumediene v. Bush’ and ‘Al Odah v. United States of America,’ consolidated cases brought on behalf of 53 Guantanamo detainees, the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, in a 2-1 vote, upheld the provisions of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) which stripped habeas corpus protection from non-citizens held in US custody in Guantanamo and elsewhere around the world.” (02/27/07)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707E.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Habeas+Corpus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Magna+Carta
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Boumediene
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainees
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
rudkla - 28. Feb, 17:32
