Guantanamo Bay: US court grapples with detainees’ constitutional rights (Middle East Eye)

Thirty-nine prisoners remain at the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Thirty-nine prisoners remain at the Guantanamo Bay prison (AFP/File photo)

United States federal appeals court in Washington DC has found itself at the centre of the legal storm surrounding whether detainees at Guantanamo Bay have due process rights under the US Constitution, as judges press the Biden administration about safeguards for prisoners at the notorious facility.

The full DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Thursday in the case of Yemeni national Abdulsalam al-Hela, a 53-year-old man from Yemen who has been held without charge or trial since 2004.

Guantanamo Bay: US court grapples with detainees’ constitutional rights | Middle East Eye

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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