Guantanamo suicide wrongful death case ruling [US DC]
12:46 AM ET
Al-Zahrani, et al. v. Rumsfeld, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, February 16, 2010 [holding that claims of unlawful treatment and wrongful death brought on behalf of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees are barred by the Military Commissions Act of 2006].
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
