JURIST: Obama orders resumption of Guantanamo military trials

March 7, 2011

Jaclyn Belczyk at 4:55 PM ET
 

 

[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Monday issued an executive order [text; fact sheet] allowing military commissions for Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archives] detainees to resume. New charges in the military commission system have been suspended since shortly after Obama took office in 2009. Monday’s order also establishes a procedure for establishing a review process for detainees who have not been charged, convicted or designated for transfer….

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] condemned the order [press release], calling it, “window dressing for the reality that today’s executive order institutionalizes indefinite detention, which is unlawful, unwise and un-American.”

Read entire JURIST article here.

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