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Ali al-Marri Transferred to U.S. Marshals Service Custody

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Published March 10, 2009, in Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, Transfer

 

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, 43, has been released from detention by the Secretary of Defense and is now in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance today, the Justice Department announced.

Al-Marri was served with an arrest warrant this morning at the Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, South Carolina, and taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service. He is scheduled to make his initial appearance at 10 a.m. today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert S. Carr in federal court in Charleston.

 

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Inhofe bill to prohibit Guantanamo transfers

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Published February 4, 2009, in Detainee Abuse, Detainee Policy, Transfer, travesty of justice

Ed NOTE:  Please contact your Representatives before it’s too late!

By SEAN MURPHY

Associated Press Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe introduced a bill Tuesday to prohibit the transfer of detainees at Guantanamo Bay to any facility in the United States, joining a growing chorus of lawmakers opposed to inheriting the prisoners.

The Oklahoma Republican visited the Cuba-based detention center, commonly called Gitmo, on Monday with two fellow GOP senators and said he believes the facility should remain open and that military tribunals for detainees there should continue.

President Obama signed an executive order last month to close the detention center within a year. He also created a special task force to review detainee policy and look at options for apprehension, detention, trial, transfer or release of detainees and report to the president within 180 days.

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Hearing Thursday to Determine Course of Contempt Trial

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Published February 2, 2009, in Dr. Al-Arian, Fatah, Transfer, USA

Judge will rule on what defenses and evidence may be presented

Lawyers in CourtAlexandria, VA - There will be an important hearing in the case of Dr. Sami Al-Arian this coming Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 10 A.M. sharp at the Albert V. Bryan Courthouse in Alexandria, VA (address below). Judge Leonie Brinkema is expected to rule on what kind of evidence and defenses she will permit to be presented to the jury.
For instance, at the last hearing on January 16th, the judge ruled that Dr. Al-Arian would in fact be allowed to argue that he was acting on the counsel of his attorneys when he decided to refuse to testify before a grand jury on March 20th, 2008. The prosecution, however, has urged the judge to reconsider this ruling.
It is vital that as many of Dr. Al-Arian’s supporters as possible attend the hearing. At the last hearing, an impressive seventy supporters showed up, which prompted the judge herself to comment on the strong show of support for Dr. Al-Arian. Supporters are advised to come to the courthouse no later than 9:45 to ensure seating. The courthouse (address below) is in walking distance from the King Street Station (Blue and Yellow Lines). Click here for Google Maps.

Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse
401 Courthouse Square
Alexandria, VA 22314

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Two Detainees Transferred

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Published November 10, 2008, in Detainee, Transfer

DoD Announcement:

The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Algeria. These detainees were determined to be eligible for transfer following a comprehensive series of review processes.

The transfer is a demonstration of the United States’ desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary. It also underscores the processes put in place to assess each individual and make a determination about their detention while hostilities are ongoing – an unprecedented step in the history of warfare.

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Court orders shifting of detainee to Srinagar

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Published November 1, 2008, in Detainee, Detainee Abuse, Kashmir, Tariq Ahmad Shah, Torture, Transfer

Srinagar: After hearing case of Tariq Ahmad Shah, son of Gh. Nabi Shah, resident of Babmohalla Bijbehara who has been jailed under Public Safety Act, District and Session Judge Anantnag: passed an order Saturday, directing the administration to transfer him from Kotbilwal Jail to Central Jail Srinager.

Counsel of  Shah pleaded in the Court that police has not only harassed Shah, but tortured him on 31, October, while he was being shifted from Kot Bilwal Jail to district court Anantnag, where his trial hearing was fixed on Saturday.

Shucking his shirt off, in the Court, the accused showed the torture marks to the Judge, who took a serious view of it with the direction that the detainee be shifted from the Kot Bilwal without any delay.

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