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Perspective

Oct. 23, 2009

Guantanamo Detainees To Resettle in the US?

Joerg W. Knipprath of Southwestern Law School examines Kiyemba v. Obama and the fate of Uighur detainees.

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

By Joerg W. Knipprath

The Supreme Court recently granted review in Kiyemba v. Obama. The case involves the fate of up to 13 Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay. They were captured and turned over to American forces after fleeing from a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan's Tora Bora Mountains to Pakistan. Hearings before Combatant Status Review Tribunals established that these detainees were members of a terrorist group affil...

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