The US Supreme Court has ruled that detainees held at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay have the right to appeal to federal courts.
The ruling is considered a blow to the administration of President George W. Bush. In the long-awaited decision, the Washington-based court ruled 5-4 in favour of the foreign detainees who had challenged their years-long detention at Guantanamo Bay. The court found that even though the base was technically on Cuban territory, it was in fact operating as if US Supreme deals Bush administration blow over Guantanamo ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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