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Guantanamo Detainee Wins Appeal Over Terrorism Definition

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A U.S. appeals court says an Algerian protesting his Guantanamo detention deserves a new lower court review – to determine wh...

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How Cooking For The Taliban Gets You Life In Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Those of us who prefer justice to arbitrary and unaccountable detention without charge or trial were delighted when, last week, Barack Obama fulfilled...

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Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo's Forgotten Child

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Just two weeks ago, in a habeas corpus case in a Washington D.C. court, Judge Richard Leon turned the clock back to January 11, 2002 (the day Guantán...

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