You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Court Upholds Denying Court Access to Gitmo Prisoners

HeadlineFeb 21, 2007

Back in the United States, a federal appeals court has sided with the Bush administration’s policy Guantanamo prisoners cannot challenge their indefinite detention in U.S. courts. The two-to-one decision upholds the Military Commissions Act passed last year. Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners are promising to take the case before the Supreme Court, which has twice now ruled in their favor.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top