Non-citizens indefinite detention ruling [US DC]

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Non-citizens indefinite detention ruling [US DC]

Bernard Hibbitts

June 15, 2006 06:46:00 pm

Turkmen v. Ashcroft, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Judge John Gleeson, June 14, 2006 [holding that the US government can detain non-citizens indefinitely on the basis of religion, race or national origin]. Read the full text of the ruling [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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