Guantanamo inmates appeal detention to US top court

[maddezmom]

Guantanamo inmates appeal detention to US top court
05 Mar 2007 18:59:51 GMT
Source: Reuters

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Some of the Guantanamo prisoners have been unlawfully detained for more than five years and deserve at least a hearing on their challenge to their confinement, their attorneys said on Monday in an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The lawyers argued a U.S. appeals court was wrong in its ruling last month that upheld a key part of an anti-terrorism law sought by President George W. Bush that took away the rights of the prisoners to challenge their detention before U.S. federal judges.

They urged the country's high court to decide the issue quickly because the prisoners remain in an unprecedented "legal limbo" with no meaningful way to challenge the lawfulness of their indefinite detention.

The indefinite detention and allegations of prisoner mistreatment at Guantanamo, which the U.S. military denies, have tarnished the United States' image abroad and a chorus of allies have urged Bush to shut down the camp for foreign terrorism suspects.

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1. Kick!

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[maddezmom]

2. do you think they have a chance?

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4. I don't know...

But the right to appeal is an important protection in our legal system...especially dear when habeas corpus is endangered...for anyone.

[The Stranger]

3. Why haven't the Democrats done anything on this?