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Monday, June 29, 2009

Wazir Bagram habeas ruling [US DC]
4:32 PM ET

Wazir, et al. v. Gates, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, June 29, 2009 [dismissing a habeas corpus challenge brought by an Afghan detainee who has been held at Bagram Air Base without having been charged since 2002 on the basis of their finding that Section 7 of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 did not violate the separation of powers principle laid out by the US Supreme Court in United States v. Klein].



Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on legal issues surrounding Bagram Air Base.



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