Judge asked to block hearings at Guantanamo

[Kadie]

Judge asked to block hearings at Guantanamo

By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press


Last Updated: August 2, 2004, 04:05:00 PM PDT


WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court was asked Monday to order a halt to military hearings aimed at determining whether the Pentagon can continue holding hundreds of terror suspects at a Navy base in Cuba.

Last week the Pentagon held the first hearing for a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The administrative hearings are to determine whether the prisoners are being held properly. More are expected this week in a process that is expected to take up to four months.

Human rights lawyers said the prisoners are not getting a chance to defend themselves.

"These tribunals are a sham," said Jeff Fogel, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which asked a federal judge in Washington for an emergency stay. The center represents 53 of the nearly 600 prisoners at Guantanamo. "The so-called personal representatives assigned to them have no legal background and are not advocates."

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[tlcandie]

1. Another interpreting the law OUR way instead of following the

rules/regulations that preceeded them! They just never quit!!!

[drscm]

2. I am seriously beginning to wonder what the prisoners have on *Bush

or his compatriots that they have to be silenced.

[tlcandie]

3. It might actually point out the FEW bad apples which started this

whole mess...those closest to the tree.

[saigon68]

4. It is a Travesty

But in a Fascist State what do you expect.