*Ø* Families take heart from Guantanamo ruling
"LONDON (Reuters) - Families of Guantanamo Bay detainees and their lawyers hope yesterday's rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the Bush administration's war on terror would mean the beginning of the end of the prison camp.
"The high court ruled on Monday that hundreds of prisoners, held in the camp on a U.S. base in Cuba with no charges or access to any legal proceedings, could challenge their detentions in U.S. courts.
"The ruling, along with a separate ruling that a U.S. citizen should get a fair opportunity to rebut the government's case for detaining him, was hailed by civil rights campaigners as a blow against the most controversial powers claimed by the U.S. government in its war on terror."
Source: Yahoo! News
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Lawyers plan speedy Hicks appeal
"Lawyers for Australian David Hicks could launch an appeal against his detention at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba within two weeks.
"The United States Supreme Court ruled overnight that American courts have the jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the detention of foreign nationals.
"Hicks and fellow Australian Mamdouh Habib have been held at the centre for two years without legal recourse.
"Hicks has recently been charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes, attempted murder and aiding the enemy but is yet to face court ...
Home trial
"Hicks was told of the court ruling this morning during a monitored conversation with his father, Terry.
"Even though Terry Hicks had previously been warned against discussing legal matters, this morning he took the risk.
"'I thought, blow 'em, if they're going to pull the plug, they can pull it,' he said.
"'I just said to him the Supreme Court's just handed down – you people can now come under the jurisdiction of the courts.
"'I said, 'what do you think of that?' and he said, 'I can't say anything'."
Source: ABC Oz News
Another three years ina 6' by 8' cell?
"Hicks's Adelaide-based lawyer, Stephen Kenny, says despite the Supreme Court ruling, it could be three years before his client's legal challenge to detention can be heard."
Source: ABC Oz News
Hope for Hicks and Habib
NB Mamdouh Habib probably doesn't know about the US court ruling. After all this time, his lawyers in Australia are still forbidden to speak with him. Why is he getting even worse treatment than David Hicks? Is it his ethnicity?
"LONDON (Reuters) - Families of Guantanamo Bay detainees and their lawyers hope yesterday's rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the Bush administration's war on terror would mean the beginning of the end of the prison camp.
"The high court ruled on Monday that hundreds of prisoners, held in the camp on a U.S. base in Cuba with no charges or access to any legal proceedings, could challenge their detentions in U.S. courts.
"The ruling, along with a separate ruling that a U.S. citizen should get a fair opportunity to rebut the government's case for detaining him, was hailed by civil rights campaigners as a blow against the most controversial powers claimed by the U.S. government in its war on terror."
Source: Yahoo! News
Lawyers plan speedy Hicks appeal
"Lawyers for Australian David Hicks could launch an appeal against his detention at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba within two weeks.
"The United States Supreme Court ruled overnight that American courts have the jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the detention of foreign nationals.
"Hicks and fellow Australian Mamdouh Habib have been held at the centre for two years without legal recourse.
"Hicks has recently been charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes, attempted murder and aiding the enemy but is yet to face court ...
Home trial
"Hicks was told of the court ruling this morning during a monitored conversation with his father, Terry.
"Even though Terry Hicks had previously been warned against discussing legal matters, this morning he took the risk.
"'I thought, blow 'em, if they're going to pull the plug, they can pull it,' he said.
"'I just said to him the Supreme Court's just handed down – you people can now come under the jurisdiction of the courts.
"'I said, 'what do you think of that?' and he said, 'I can't say anything'."
Source: ABC Oz News
Another three years ina 6' by 8' cell?
"Hicks's Adelaide-based lawyer, Stephen Kenny, says despite the Supreme Court ruling, it could be three years before his client's legal challenge to detention can be heard."
Source: ABC Oz News
Hope for Hicks and Habib
NB Mamdouh Habib probably doesn't know about the US court ruling. After all this time, his lawyers in Australia are still forbidden to speak with him. Why is he getting even worse treatment than David Hicks? Is it his ethnicity?
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