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Gitmo Tribunals Face New Questions

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Havana : Cuba | 4 months ago

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The Obama administration's attempt to deploy its well-worn "reset" button in handling detainees here is posing new challenges as the government seeks more time to figure out new rules for military tribunals. At military commission hearings at the military detention camp Wednesday, the administration...

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Guantanamo inmates face hearing

News Source: Al Jazeera | 4 months ago

Three men held at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay for their alleged role in organising the September 11 attacks have faced a pre-trial military hearing. Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi appeared in front of the...
Sept. 11 defendants no shows at Gitmo hearing

News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 4 months ago

A pretrial hearing in the Sept. 11 war crimes trial was delayed Thursday when none of the five defendants agreed to attend. The defendants were apparently protesting a judge's ruling that the accused mastermind of the terrorist attacks and two other...
Court boycotted by 9/11 suspects

News Source: BBC | 4 months ago

Alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others did not appear in the high security courtroom when the hearing started...The hearing was meant to focus on medical reports of two of the five. A US prosecutor said those two would be brought...
Competency for 9/11 suspects under review

News Source: United Press International | 4 months ago

A military commission is to examine the competency of two suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at a hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Five suspects want to act as their own lawyers and three already received permission to represent...
US military resumes Guantanamo tribunals

News Source: Press TV | 4 months ago

The US President Barack Obama suspended the proceedings shortly after taking office in January but announced in May that some of the cases would continue, drawing criticism from human rights activists. On Wednesday, prosecutors sought delays pending...
Relative of 9/11 Victim Frustrated by Obama Administration's Efforts to ...

News Source: Fox News | 4 months ago

President Obama's executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center by January and halt military trials of terrorism suspects there has revived painful memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for some relatives of the victims. Obama has...