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Kassem also reportedly said prison is extremely difficult for the man because of his wounds. He lost part of a leg from a land mine explosion in Afghanistan in 1998 and his other leg was shattered in a construction site accident. He has shrapnel in his left arm and left leg, and he is blind in his left eye.
The United States military has transferred two Libyan detainees to Senegal from its wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, government officials said on Monday, the first time Senegal has resettled a Guantánamo prisoner.
From the outset, it is worth emphasizing that, in the course of Mr. Khalifs habeas corpus case, a U.S. federal judge found-and the U.S. government itself conceded-that there was no evidence that Mr. Khalif ever "lifted a hand" against the United States or its allies or that he helped plan any attacks against the United States or its allies. See Khalifh v. Obama, WL 2382925, at *5 (D.D.C. May 28, 2010). The Court held that "the government concedes that there is absolutely no evidence ... no evidence that Khalifh personally lifted a hand against the U.S."
The Daily Telegraph, along with other newspapers including The Washington Post, today exposes America's own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world's most dangerous terrorists. This newspaper has been shown thousands of pages of top-secret files obtained by the WikiLeaks website.
Critics called it an overdue acknowledgment that the so-called Combatant Status Review Tribunals are unfairly geared toward labeling detainees the enemy, even when they pose little danger. Simply redoing the tribunals won't fix the problem, they said, because the system still allows coerced evidence and denies detainees legal representation.
The United States military has transferred two Libyan detainees to Senegal from its wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, government officials said on Monday, the first time Senegal has resettled a Guantánamo prisoner.
Kassem also reportedly said prison is extremely difficult for the man because of his wounds. He lost part of a leg from a land mine explosion in Afghanistan in 1998 and his other leg was shattered in a construction site accident. He has shrapnel in his left arm and left leg, and he is blind in his left eye.
Critics called it an overdue acknowledgment that the so-called Combatant Status Review Tribunals are unfairly geared toward labeling detainees the enemy, even when they pose little danger. Simply redoing the tribunals won't fix the problem, they said, because the system still allows coerced evidence and denies detainees legal representation.
The Daily Telegraph, along with other newspapers including The Washington Post, today exposes America's own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world's most dangerous terrorists. This newspaper has been shown thousands of pages of top-secret files obtained by the WikiLeaks website.
From the outset, it is worth emphasizing that, in the course of Mr. Khalifs habeas corpus case, a U.S. federal judge found-and the U.S. government itself conceded-that there was no evidence that Mr. Khalif ever "lifted a hand" against the United States or its allies or that he helped plan any attacks against the United States or its allies. See Khalifh v. Obama, WL 2382925, at *5 (D.D.C. May 28, 2010). The Court held that "the government concedes that there is absolutely no evidence ... no evidence that Khalifh personally lifted a hand against the U.S."