Archive for the ‘guantanamo’ Category
Sunday, July 9th, 2006
An investigation into three apparent suicides at the Guantanamo Bay prison has found that other detainees may have helped the men hang themselves or were planning to kill themselves too. Link
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Thursday, June 29th, 2006
The Supreme Court has ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority when he ordered military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva convention.Link
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
The day after three Guantanamo prisoners attempted suicide, and others attacked guards trying to stop a fourth from hanging himself, The U.N. Committee Against Torture released a statement reccomending that the U.S. war prison be closed.Link
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