Ruling barring US from sending detainees abroad without notice [US DC] News
Ruling barring US from sending detainees abroad without notice [US DC]

Mahmoad Abdah, et al. v. Bush, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Henry Kennedy, March 29, 2005 [ordering the military to give detainees' lawyers 30 days' notice before transferring a detainee from Guantanamo Bay to the custody of foreign governments, allowing time for the transfer to be challenged]. Excerpt:

Presently before the court is Petitioners' motion for a preliminary injunction. Asserting that Respondents have contemplated or are contemplating transferring them to the custody of foreign nations to be further detained and possibly tortured, Petitioners seek an order from this court that would require Respondents to provide their counsel and this court with 30 days' advance notice of any Petitioner's removal from Guantánamo. Upon consideration of the briefing of the parties, the submissions that accompany the briefing, and the arguments of counsel at a hearing, the court concludes that Petitioners' motion should be granted.

Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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