US Judge Bars Transfer of 13 Guantanamo Detainees

[Judi Lynn]

US Judge Bars Transfer of 13 Guantanamo Detainees
Reuters

Mar 29, 2005 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday barred the U.S. government from immediately transferring 13 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to another country, where they fear they will be tortured or imprisoned indefinitely.

U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy granted a preliminary injunction that requires the government to give him and the attorneys for the detainees advance notice of 30 days before any of them are removed from Guantanamo.

Another federal judge on March 12 issued a similar temporary restraining order to keep the detainees at the U.S. military base in Cuba while Kennedy considered the issue.

Guantanamo Bay holds about 540 suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, mainly from the U.S.-led Afghanistan war that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=624056

[acmavm]

1. More judges standing up to the bush** cabal. Who'd 'ave thunk it?

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[The Stranger]

2. Once the federal courts have jurisdiction, it will be jealously guarded.

The Supreme Court opinion seemed to turn a blind eye to all of the horrors committed by the Administration, but subtly and adroitly ruled that the federal courts have jurisdiction. This nuance is only now being realized by the Administration.

[Hobarticus]

3. More activist judges, interpretin' the law all wrong!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. Good!! Maybe the legal tide is turning against the fundie-fascists.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Kick!

[Robbien]

6. Court Takes Charge: Bars U.S. from sending 13 detainees abroad

WASHINGTON - A federal judge Tuesday barred the Bush administration from transferring a group of detainees from the U.S. military prison in Cuba to the custody of foreign governments without first giving the prisoners a chance to challenge the move in court.

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In his ruling Tuesday, Kennedy said such transfers are hardly the same as giving detainees "a plane ticket to anywhere they want to go."

"The (government's) assertion that they are merely `relinquishing' custody of detainees whom the government is simply `no longer interested in detaining' is disingenuous," Kennedy wrote in issuing an injunction against the government. "It seems beyond question that advocating for release into freedom is not equivalent to advocating for transfer from ongoing detention in one locale to ongoing detention in another."

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David Remes, a lead attorney for the detainees, cheered the ruling. "The government could have sent any of our clients abroad to places where they could be tortured, and we would never have a chance to object," Remes said. "The government would effectively make these cases go away. And right now these cases are a monumental embarrassment to the government."

http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=52650

[Kimber Scott]

7. Finally, someone calls a spade a spade.

"The (government's) assertion that they are merely `relinquishing' custody of detainees whom the government is simply `no longer interested in detaining' is disingenuous," Kennedy wrote in issuing an injunction against the government.

This government is disingenuous.

[shance]

8. THree Cheers for someone DOING THE RIGHT THING.

Thank you Justice Kennedy for doing your job.

Thank you Judge Greer in Florida for doing your job.

Thanks to all the other judges in office who are doing the right thing.

[Dave Reynolds]

9. Could it be that a

check and balance could be coming back to life?

Or will this be more ammo for the "activist judiciary" crowd?

[jojo54]

10. .....monumental embarrassment to the government.

Damn it, it's about time somebody stepped up to the plate. 13 tortured souls that won't be tortured anymore (at least till the * whores overrule the courts).:mad:

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. ... bout bloody time

[Pinboy]

12. The REAL Culture of Life wins over Culture of Torture and Death n/t

[struggle4progress]

13. kick

[VegasWolf]

14. Damn activist judges ruining the war on terra! n/t

[Just Me]

15. THE JUDICIAL BRANCH WILL NOT BE "POSSESSED",...

,...by power-mongers.

Isn't that FABULOUS!!! :bounce:

Meanwhile, the neoCONspirators are brewing,...:grr: