Kludge
04-04-2011, 12:16 PM
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from foreigners seeking their release after nine years of detention at Guantanamo Bay.
The court on Monday rejected three separate claims asking the justices to review rulings against the detainees by the federal appeals court in Washington.
In 2008, the high court ruled that the Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional right to ask a federal civilian judge to review their cases and suggested that a judge could order their release.
But in a series of cases since, the D.C. Circuit has limited the authority of federal district judges and made it harder for the detainees to challenge their continued confinement.
The appeals that the court turned down Monday came from: Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani, a Yemeni who served as a cook for Taliban forces and said he never fired a shot in battle; Fawzi al-Odah, a Kuwaiti who says he was an Islamic studies teacher, not part of terrorist forces; and Adham Mohammed Al Awad of Yemen, who lost part of his right leg in an air raid in Afghanistan but denied being an al-Qaida fighter.
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The court on Monday rejected three separate claims asking the justices to review rulings against the detainees by the federal appeals court in Washington.
In 2008, the high court ruled that the Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional right to ask a federal civilian judge to review their cases and suggested that a judge could order their release.
But in a series of cases since, the D.C. Circuit has limited the authority of federal district judges and made it harder for the detainees to challenge their continued confinement.
The appeals that the court turned down Monday came from: Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani, a Yemeni who served as a cook for Taliban forces and said he never fired a shot in battle; Fawzi al-Odah, a Kuwaiti who says he was an Islamic studies teacher, not part of terrorist forces; and Adham Mohammed Al Awad of Yemen, who lost part of his right leg in an air raid in Afghanistan but denied being an al-Qaida fighter.
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Full story @ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_GUANTANAMO?SITE=ALANN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT