Comments on: An Empty Trial at Guantánamo http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/27/an-empty-trial-at-guantanamo/ Author & journalist Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:55:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Two More Guantánamo Prisoners Released: To Kuwait And Belgium by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/27/an-empty-trial-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-50474 Two More Guantánamo Prisoners Released: To Kuwait And Belgium by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:18:37 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=401#comment-50474 [...] to 222. This figure includes one man, Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who is serving a life sentence after a one-sided trial by Military Commission last November (which is currently being appealed — PDF), and does not [...] [...] to 222. This figure includes one man, Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who is serving a life sentence after a one-sided trial by Military Commission last November (which is currently being appealed — PDF), and does not [...]

]]> By: Dwight Van Winkle http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/27/an-empty-trial-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-47198 Dwight Van Winkle Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:58:41 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=401#comment-47198 -------------- "This appeared to address the ethical dilemmas faced by Fleener and Kuebler, but as Flynn noted, “there were reasons to be skeptical, to suspect that the provision wasn’t as clear as it seemed: The ‘paragraph (3)’ it referred to was a list of caveats that allowed self-representation to be revoked if the defendant didn’t behave to the presiding officer’s liking. So what would happen if a man’s idea of representing himself was to boycott his trial? Would a lawyer be forced on him then? That wasn’t clear at all.” --------- This paragraph, and the article, do not explain why the judge didn't allow the defendant to defend himself in the first place, under the 2006 rule. Based on your article, this was not a situation where "a man’s idea of representing himself was to boycott his trial." ————–
“This appeared to address the ethical dilemmas faced by Fleener and Kuebler, but as Flynn noted, “there were reasons to be skeptical, to suspect that the provision wasn’t as clear as it seemed: The ‘paragraph (3)’ it referred to was a list of caveats that allowed self-representation to be revoked if the defendant didn’t behave to the presiding officer’s liking. So what would happen if a man’s idea of representing himself was to boycott his trial? Would a lawyer be forced on him then? That wasn’t clear at all.”
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This paragraph, and the article, do not explain why the judge didn’t allow the defendant to defend himself in the first place, under the 2006 rule. Based on your article, this was not a situation where “a man’s idea of representing himself was to boycott his trial.”

]]> By: Predictable Chaos As Guantánamo Trials Resume by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/27/an-empty-trial-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-45919 Predictable Chaos As Guantánamo Trials Resume by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:04:44 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=401#comment-45919 [...] is already locked up for life — in a cell on his own somewhere in Guantánamo — after his disturbingly one-sided trial in [...] [...] is already locked up for life — in a cell on his own somewhere in Guantánamo — after his disturbingly one-sided trial in [...]

]]> By: Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Part 1) « Muslim in Suffer http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/27/an-empty-trial-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-35123 Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Part 1) « Muslim in Suffer Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:27:40 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=401#comment-35123 [...] Military Commissions, Controversy still plagues Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, An Empty Trial at Guantánamo 040 Al Mudafari, Abdel Qadir (Yemen) Website Extras 3 041 Ahmad, Majid (Yemen) Website Extras 3 042 [...] [...] Military Commissions, Controversy still plagues Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, An Empty Trial at Guantánamo 040 Al Mudafari, Abdel Qadir (Yemen) Website Extras 3 041 Ahmad, Majid (Yemen) Website Extras 3 042 [...]

]]> By: Second Guantanamo detainee goes on empty trial before military commission « The Lift - Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/27/an-empty-trial-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-29692 Second Guantanamo detainee goes on empty trial before military commission « The Lift - Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:56:12 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=401#comment-29692 [...] background - as usual - here. Washington Post article [...] [...] background – as usual – here. Washington Post article [...]

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