Judge: release Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo

NOTE: content of earlier post represented a short-lived victory... a US appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp as President George W. Bush's administration scrambles to appeal it.

 http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_court_blocks_release_of_Chinese__10092008.html 

 

original article:

Landmark decision could set the stage for the release of dozens of other prisoners in Cuba

http://my.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20081007/48eadec0_3ca6_1552620081007224596670

"How many times does the Bush administration need to be told that detainees are entitled to essential rights? All the remaining detainees in Guantanamo Bay must be either charged and tried or released immediately" - Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA

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This page contains a single entry by Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait published on October 9, 2008 12:58 PM.

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