Updated: February 23, 2010
Ten years since harrowing pictures of detainees being tortured at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison surfaced, many survivors are still waiting for justice. One such lawsuit, Al Shimari v. CACI, is challenging...
Updated: July 7, 2014
September 2006Government commission in Canada ruled that Maher Arar is not a terrorist/White House seeking to revoke right of habeas corpus to non-citizens held in US custody outside of the US.
August 2007Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees' alleged that U.S. violated its own rules in the Combatant Status Review Tribunals after it labeled hundreds of prisoners as enemy combatants.
March 2006On June 28,2004, the Supreme Court declared that, in Rasul v. Bush, 14 enemy combatants held in Guantanamo Bay could challenge their imprisonment in a federal court.
April 2007After drawing wide criticism for attempting to prohibit basic right's of detainees, the U.S. declared it would not limit detainees' visits with attorneys.
February 2007U.S. appeals court rules that Guantanamo detainees don’t have a right to habeas corpus.
February 2007Federal appeals court upholds new law which denies federal judges the right to review Guantanamo detainees' challenges to their detention.
December 2006Guantanamo review boards often fall short as a source of due process for detainees.
March 2005Detainees' stories emerge in court.
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