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Bagram Detainees Can Challenge Detention in U.S. CourtsIn a landmark decision today, a federal judge ruled today that three prisoners who are being held by the U.S. at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can challenge their detention in U.S. courts. The prisoners, who were captured outside of Afghanistan and are not Afghan citizens, have been held at Bagram for more than six years without charge or access to counsel. In a statement we issued today, ACLU staff attorney Jonathan Hafetz said: Today's decision is yet another rebuke to the government's claim that it is free to establish law-free zones. As the district court rightly concluded, the United States cannot escape the core protections or restraints of the Constitution by imprisoning people at Bagram rather than Guantánamo. Only a complete restoration of the rule of law at all U.S.-run prisons can achieve a return to justice and American values.
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Apr 7th, 2009 at 1:59pm
about the travel issue. the dhs should
include as terrorists the aclu and
anybody who supports them and works
for them.you are the ones who are trying
to destroy the u.s. when you use the word unconstitutional in your cases,
it has nothing to do with the case.you
are twisting the laws of this country.
i havetalked to some of your legal crew
about this and they collaborate with
this.