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Who Will Stop The Torture Update-1
07/11/08
Originally Published October 03, 2006; Updated and Republished July 11, 2008:
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Lawyers, in a direct challenge to the habeas corpus provision of the Military Commissions Act 2006 (aka "In Torture We Trust Act 2006" or "America the Torturer Act 2006"), have filed lawsuits on behalf of detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Parvan, Afganastan. This lawsuit is a direct challenge to the habeas corpus section of this disastrous |  |
 | The Washington Post is reporting that the case has been assigned to Judge Richard J. Leon. This is the federal judge that wrote in Khalid v Bush, another detainee habeas corpus case, on January 21, 2005:
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In addition to the U.S. Constitution and Rasul v Bush he now has Hamdan v Rumsfeld, the "In Torture We Trust Act 2006" and a detainee location (Bagram detainees v Guantanamo detainees) closer to the actual fighting.
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UPDATED 07/11/2008 Reuters, Judge [Leon] wants to decide Guantanamo cases this year.
"This is going to be moved as fast as possible," U.S. District Judge Richard Leon told lawyers for the prisoners and the U.S. Justice Department. "These men have waited long enough to get a decision."--Reuters--
- Center for Constitutional Rights - Challenges to "America the Torturer Act 2006"
- Congressional Research Report for Congress Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court
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