True North received the following information in a comment to a prior post (Still Speaking My Piece!) and, because of the strong interest in the recent assertion by U. S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, essentially that there is no right to Habeas Corpus, we thought it may be of interest to our readers to see how this suspension impacts individuals and what others are doing about it.
Due to the suspension of habeas corpus (thanks to the Military Commissions Act) there is no legal recourse for detainees of the United States. The lawyers for hospital administrator Adel Hamad, a detainee at Guantanamo, thus took the unprecedented step of releasing video testimony on YouTube to the court of public opinion.
You can see this compelling video at:
www.projecthamad.org
You can also add your name in support of habeas restoration and read a blog posting by Brandon Mayfield, the U.S. citizen wrongfully incarcerated for the Madrid bombings who is now challenging the constitutionality of the Patriot Act in district court.
David
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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