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Several weeks ago, two 16 year-old Muslim girls, one from Bangladesh and the other from Guinea, were arrested in New York City on the specious grounds that they were potential suicide bombers. Neither of the girls has been formally charged with any crime, ... As Ari Berman reported yesterday, few details about the arrests...
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www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow?pid=2322
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Habeas corpus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Habeas corpus (pronounced /ˌheɪbiːəs ˈkɔrpəs/ ) (Latin: You (shall) have the body) is a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from the unlawful detention of him or her...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus
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"There is an old Arabic expression," he added. "Don't do a good deed and then throw it in the river." ... Under international law, the American authorities have the right as occupiers to detain anyone who poses a security threat, even without enough evidence to prosecute. But in Iraq, unlike in postwar Japan or...
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www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/international/middleeast/07D...
www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/international/middleeast/07DETA.html
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Sydney, July 9 (IANS) Australian police were Monday given 48 more hours to continue detaining without charge Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef, in custody since July 2 for the British terror plot, even as doctors decried the 'media circus' that might put all of them under a cloud.
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www.southasianews.com/164158/Haneefs-custody-extended-o...
www.southasianews.com/164158/Haneefs-custody-extended-overseas-doctors-decry-media-circus(Third-Lead)-.htm
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Sydney, July 9 (IANS) The Australian Federal Police (AFP) made another application Monday to continue detaining without charge Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef, who has been in police custody in Brisbane since July 2 for the foiled bomb attacks in London and Glasgow, even as the head of a doctors' body decried the...
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www.southasianews.com/164143/Police-want-to-hold-Haneef...
www.southasianews.com/164143/Police-want-to-hold-Haneef;-overseas-doctors-decry-media-circus(Lead)-.htm
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On the surface, there is a gaping divide between, and within, the parties over the Government's plans to extend the 28-day limit for detaining suspects without charge. At the moment, no other topic raises passions in quite the same way.
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www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-richar...
www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-richards/steve-richards-behind-these-divisions-over-terror-a-political-consensus-is-starting-to-emerge-400408.html
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“Some people have been in detention for weeks, even though Burundian law clearly prohibits holding anyone without charge for more than seven days,” said Alison Des Forges, senior adviser to Human Rights Watch’s Africa division.
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www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/05/28/burundi-release-civilian...
www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/05/28/burundi-release-civilians-detained-without-charge
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On March 22nd it will be one month since filmmaker and Global Voices Northeast Asia Editor Hao Wu was detained without charge. We appeal to the Chinese government for Hao Wu s immediate release!; [By Rebecca MacKinnon]
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sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2006/03/20/free-my-colleague-hao...
sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2006/03/20/free-my-colleague-hao-wu-detained-without-charge/
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JONATHAN HAFETZ: Good morning. ... And it means that individuals could be held potentially forever without charge. And it’s important to know that the powers the government is asserting to hold Mr. al-Marri as an enemy combatant are the same powers they say they can hold a US citizen.
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www.democracynow.org/2007/2/2/the_case_of_ali_al_marri
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