Military commissions bill habeas challenge [CCR]

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Military commissions bill habeas challenge [CCR]

October 3, 2006 09:31:00 pm

Petition for writ of habeas corpus, Center for Constitutional Rights, October 3, 2006 [calling for the release of 25 detainees held by the US at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan and for permission for them to meet with lawyers, challenging the habeas-stripping provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006]. Read the full text of the petition [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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