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Gitmo hunger strike gains momentum
The number of detainees on a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay terror detention camp has increased to at least 128, a US military spokesman said Monday. Eighteen detainees are being force-fed intravenously as the hunger strike enters its second m (More) |
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Former Russian Gitmo detainees prepare suit against US
Eight Russians previously held at Guantanamo Bay are planning to sue the US for illegally detaining them, a Russian radio station reported Thursday. Among the eight, Airat Vakhitov has been the most vocal, working with rights activists in Moscow, w (More) |
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Hunger strike at Gitmo enters second month
A US military spokesman said Thursday that a hunger strike of prisoners at the US terror-suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay has entered its second month. Some prisoners are now being force-fed via tubes and through medical assistance. The num (More) |
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Russia releases two former Gitmo detainees
Russia on Friday released two former Guantanamo Bay detainees from a Moscow detention center. Airat Vakhitov and Rustam Akhmyarov, who were extradited to Russia by the US in 2004, were arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plotting terror at (More) |
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Gitmo detainees begin new hunger strike
Detainees at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay have started another hunger strike in an effort to "receive a fair hearing and humane treatment," according to human rights lawyers with the Center for Constitutional Rights . The detainee (More) |
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Former Gitmo prisoners arrested in Russia, rights group says
Human rights group Amnesty International reported Tuesday that two men who were formerly held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have been detained in Russia by men claiming to be security force officials. Airat Vakhitov and Rustam Akhmyarov were (More) |
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Judge says Gitmo detainees must be asked for permission to release names
A federal judge has said that detainees held in the US terror suspect prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must be asked for permission to have their names released before the government can release them to the Associated Press under a Freedom of In (More) |
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Senate Democrats to question Roberts on DOJ torture memo
US Senator Patrick Leahy , ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the committee's Democrats intend to question Supreme Court nominee John Roberts about a Justice Department memo that some say led to torture at Iraq&# (More) |
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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 they posed no threat to the U (More) |
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US releases three more Guantanamo detainees
The US military announced Monday that three more detainees from Iran, Yemen and Tajikistan respectively have been released from the US terror suspect detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and sent home to their own countries. US Defense Department C (More) |
John Marshall declared federal judicial supremacy over states
On February 20, 1809, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in United States v. Peters that the legal power of the federal judiciary is greater than that of any individual state: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals."
