Court Challenges Filed for 9 Guantanamo Detainees; Lawyers Urge a Federal Court to Rule That They Are Being Held Unlawfully
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › July 04, 2004
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Human-rights lawyers filed court challenges on behalf of nine Guantanamo Bay detainees Friday, citing this week's Supreme Court ruling and pressing the government to justify its detention of the terror suspects or let them go.
A federal court was urged to rule that the nine detainees were being unlawfully held at the military prison in Cuba. They were the first cases filed since the Supreme Court's ruling this week that the prisoners might use U.S. courts to contest their detentions.See the full content of this document
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Court Challenges Filed for 9 Guantanamo Detainees; Lawyers Urge a Federal Court to Rule That They Are Being Held Unlawfully
"This is the beginning of trying to enforce precisely what the Supreme Court mandated as a way to obtain justice...
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