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Government Won’t Appeal Gitmo Detainee’s Habeas Case — but Military Commission Charges Still Pending

By | 11.05.09 | 11:55 am

Fouad al Rabiah, a Kuwaiti Airways engineer accused of being an aide to Osama bin Laden who recently won his habeas corpus case in federal court, is a step closer to going home. McClatchy newspapers reports that the 50-year-old father of four was moved to the More…

Another Victory for Gitmo Prisoner: Score Is Detainees 30, U.S. 7

By | 09.18.09 | 8:56 am

Late Thursday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., granted yet another detainee at Guantanamo Bay the right to go free. That makes 30 out of 37 habeas corpus cases decided so far in which Guantanamo prisoners have won orders for their release. In each case, a federal judge has More…