NPR: Ruling: Afghan Detainees Granted Habeas Corpus |
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 by Nina Totenberg for Morning EditionApril 3, 2009—A federal judge has ruled that certain detainees at the U.S. military base at Bagram, Afghanistan, have the right to challenge their imprisonments in U.S. courts. The judge ruled that prisoners who are not Afghan citizens and were picked up somewhere other than Afghanistan have the right to file habeas corpus suits in the U.S. listen to the full story (link) |