US moving to overturn ruling that Bagram detainees can use US courts to seek release

October 1st, 2009 House votes against releasing detainee abuse picsWASHINGTON — The House is backing the Obama administration's refusal to release new photos showing U.S. personnel abusing detainees held overseas.

September 24th, 2009 Obama won't seek new law for terror detentionsWASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek a new law spelling out how it can hold terror suspects indefinitely without bringing charges. Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd says the administration has informed Congress it does not believe new laws are necessary to hold the remaining inmates at Guantanamo Bay or future detainees.

September 14th, 2009 Obama admin fights Bagram detainee court accessWASHINGTON — The Obama administration argued late Monday that allowing terrorism detainees in Afghanistan to file lawsuits in U.S. courts challenging their detention would endanger the military mission in that country.

September 13th, 2009 New plan lets Afghan detainees question detentionWASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday. Prisoners at Bagram military base are all to be given a U.S.

September 12th, 2009 Reports: US to give Afghan detainees new rightsWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing new rules that would give hundreds of prisoners being held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan the right to challenge their detentions, according to published reports.

September 12th, 2009 Afghan detainees allowed to question detentionWASHINGTON — The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday. Prisoners at Bagram military base are all to be given a U.S.

August 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A US general has recommended the release of around 400 prisoners from Pentagon's Bagram detention centre in Afghanistan, the Online news agency reported Saturday. Major General Doug Stone had recently reviewed the facility at Bagram, which has been a source of growing public anger in Afghanistan.

July 16th, 2009 US detainees hold protest at Bagram jailKABUL — Hundreds of prisoners at the U.S. military's main detention center in Afghanistan are refusing privileges like recreation time and family visits to protest their lack of legal rights, U.S.

June 29th, 2009 Judge denies Afghan's challenge to detentionWASHINGTON — A federal judge who issued a groundbreaking order allowing military detainees in Afghanistan to go to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their confinement said Monday that the right doesn't apply to an Afghan prisoner.

June 12th, 2009 Obama won't rule out releasing detainees in USWASHINGTON — A White House spokesman says the Obama administration hasn't decided whether or not to release Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama has made clear "we're not going to make any decision about transfer or release that threatens the security of this country." Asked if that meant he was ruling out releasing any detainees in the United States, Gibbs said: "I'm not ruling it in or ruling it out." A tentative plan to release some Guantanamo detainees in the United States drew fierce opposition from Republicans and many Democrats in Congress, forcing the Obama administration to shelve the plan to bring some Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs to Virginia.

June 5th, 2009 TORONTO - Canada has flatly rejected an American request to accept Chinese Uighur Muslim detainees, held at Guantanamo Bay prison, as refugees. Seventeen Uighur Muslim detainees were captured in Afghanistan in 2001 when the NATO-led forces attacked the country after 9/11.

June 2nd, 2009 Judge holds Bagram detainee cases pending appealWASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday put a hold on his groundbreaking order allowing detainees at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan access to U.S.

June 2nd, 2009 Judge holds Bagram detainee casesWASHINGTON — A federal judge has put a hold on his order allowing detainees at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan access to courts until the government can appeal.

May 30th, 2009 Administration opposes Uighurs' release in USWASHINGTON — The Obama administration, picking up the argument of its predecessor, is opposing the release of Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay into the United States. In papers filed with the Supreme Court late Friday, the administration says a group of Uighurs (pronounced WEE'-gurz) are being lawfully held at the U.S.

April 23rd, 2009 Holder won't play 'hide and seek' with memosWASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Thursday he won't play "hide and seek" with secret memos about harsh interrogations of terror suspects and their effectiveness. In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, Holder said he's willing to release as much information as possible about the interrogations.