Comments on: Guantánamo as Alice in Wonderland

By: The Black Hole of Guantanamo : STATESMAN SENTINEL

The Black Hole of Guantanamo : STATESMAN SENTINEL — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:17:01 +0000

[...] were seized in December 2001, that their only enemy was the Chinese government, and having suffered a humiliating court defeat shortly after the Supreme Court ruling last June. A judge also dismissed the government’s [...]

By: “Model Prisoner” at Guantánamo, Tortured in the “Dark Prison,” Loses Habeas Corpus Petition « freedetainees.org

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:19:48 +0000

[...] (both December 2007), The Supreme Court’s Guantánamo ruling: what does it mean? (June 2008), Guantánamo as Alice in Wonderland (Uighurs’ first court victory, June 2008), What’s Happening with the Guantánamo cases? (July [...]

By: Uighur prisoner asks what is the difference between the US constitution and the Communist constitution? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:16:42 +0000

[...] have the right to examine one of their cases, concluding that the government’s supposed evidence resembled a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I also explained how, last October, the [...]

By: Six Uighurs Go To Palau; Seven Remain In Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:23:19 +0000

[...] did so because the government had failed to contest the Uighurs’ habeas corpus petition (after a devastating court defeat in June 2008), because they could not be returned to China, where they were at risk of [...]

By: Justice At Last? Guantánamo Uighurs Ask Supreme Court For Release Into US by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:42:53 +0000

[...] of the men had secured a resounding court victory last June, when appeals court judges ruled that the government had failed to prove that he was an [...]

By: Bagram Isn’t The New Guantánamo, It’s The Old Guantánamo « freedetainees.org

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:19:26 +0000

By: A Plea To Barack Obama From The Guantánamo Uighurs by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:45:24 +0000

[...] guaranteed habeas corpus rights to the Guantánamo prisoners in June 2008, one of these men won a stunning court victory, and in the months that followed the government gave up all pretense that any of the men were [...]

By: From Guantánamo To The South Pacific: Is This A Joke? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:39:04 +0000

[...] because the government had been persuaded to drop all its charges against the Uighurs (after the most humiliating court defeat, last June); secondly, because they cannot be returned to China, where they face torture or worse: [...]

By: Uighur Protest In Guantánamo: Photos by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Uighur Protest In Guantánamo: Photos by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:11:55 +0000

[...] prison, despite having convinced the Bush administration (through a humiliating court defeat) to drop its claims that they were “enemy combatants,” and despite the fact that District Court Judge Ricardo [...]

By: Free The Guantánamo Uighurs! by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Free The Guantánamo Uighurs! by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:13:52 +0000

[...] that the Uighurs were “enemy combatants.” This occurred after the government had suffering a withering court defeat in June, when a group of admirable judges compared its attempts to marshal evidence to a nonsense [...]