A judge with guts
Judge Stops Guantanamo Detainees From Being Shipped Overseas
WASHINGTON – A federal judge has blocked the government from transferring 13 Yemenis from the U.S. detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until a hearing is held on concerns the detainees may be mistreated in another country.
The judge’s ruling temporarily blocks any plans by the government to transfer the detainees to prisons in other countries.
Lawyers for the Yemenis are worried the government will try to move them from the Guantanamo Bay facility to another country in order to “warehouse them in a prison, provide them with no legal process and, in effect, avoid the American court process altogether,” Marc Falkoff, an attorney for the detainees, said Sunday.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer’s ruling Saturday on an emergency petition blocks any attempt to move the Yemenis until a hearing is held on their lawyers’ request for at least 30 days notice if their clients are to be transferred.</I>
Don’t think we can expect to see this judge on the SC anytime soon. Kudos to her.
