Human Rights | Habeas Corpus

2009-07-04: Headlines

Daily Kos: What might we learn from Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July? 2009-07-04

... rights guaranteed under International Law, ratified treaties, Habeas Corpus, the Constitution, military regulations, and statutes of the United States?

 

guardian.co.uk: The Human Rights Act: 800 years in the making 2009-07-04

... Carta became the first document to set out the right of habeas corpus and establish a tradition of civil rights in Britain that still exists today.

 

Momento 24: Belsunce case: They ask Carlos Carrascosa is released from prison. 2009-07-04

At the beginning of this week, the widowers defense presented an habeas corpus resource so that they release carrascosa, but also it was denied.

 

Scripps News: Editorial: It's time for TV cameras in Supreme Court 2009-07-03

... congressional power; executive power; defendants' rights -- habeas corpus, Guantanamo; civil rights -- voting rights, affirmative action; abortion.

 

Framingham TAB: HUDSON: Freedom cannot be compromised 2009-07-03

In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. In 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt signed an order to imprison thou ...

 

Bombay News: Court slams Gujarat Police for detaining boy 2009-07-03

Tasleema moved the court by filing a habeas corpus petition, fearing the police might deport her son to Bangladesh. After the court's directi ...

 

The News International: Illegal detention of citizen 2009-07-03

Abdul Rashid filed an application under section 491(habeas corpus) of the Criminal Procedure Code through Mohammed Nizar Tanoli that SIO Ashraf Awan picked ...

 

People's Weekly World: Fight to save Troy Davis grows 2009-07-03

According to Jealous, the high court agreed to consider a writ of habeas corpus in September, but noted that the last time such an appeal was granted was ...

 

St. Louis American: New evidence will be heard in Clemons case, MO Supreme Court ... 2009-07-03

This is a response to Clemons' most recent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. According to the order, Manners is appointed “with full power and authority ...

 

ScienceBlogs: Which Branch Controls Terror Detainees? 2009-07-03

Daphne asks the obvious question: The real question is: Does the right to habeas corpus have any meaning if the courts can't order the prisoners released?

2009-07-03: Headlines

Washington Post: Secrecy v. Sunshine 2009-07-02

In rejecting the Justice Department's overreaching, the judge did not order immediate or even full disclosure of the evidence -- known in habeas corpu ...

 

Morning Sentinel: West Athens' offbeat, annual parade celebrates love of freedom 2009-07-02

"We will all have a sash with a favorite, be she 'I Miss Habeas Corpus' or 'Miss Represented' or your choice -- sash can be made at the parade or bring one ...

 

Daily Kos: Bagram AFB : America's OTHER Torture Chamber 2009-07-02

... that Bates' ruling would for the first time in American history extend habeas corpus rights to non-Americans in a theater of war in a foreign territory.

 

NPR: The Nation: Saving Troy Davis From Death Row 2009-07-02

This week, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether to hear the request for a writ of habeas corpus in Davis's case in September hopefully signaling ...

 

The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02

The habeas corpus case involves Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan who was believed to be 12-years-old when he was captured in December 2002, was “subjected ...

 

OpEdNews: Is it time for a NEW Declaration of Independence? 2009-07-02

The suspension of the Writ Habeas Corpus: Thus allowing that citizen and non-citizen alike be imprisoned indefinitely without charge or trial ...

 

Earthtimes (press release): Susman Godfrey Wins Federal Civil Rights Jury Trial - Houston Jury ... 2009-07-02

... Innocence Project, co-founded by Scheck, to obtain Rodriguez's release in 2004 on a writ of habeas corpus granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

 

Empire Report: You Gotta Wonder (or WTF?) 2009-07-02

Senseless wars, elimination of civil rights and habeas corpus, legally trying to justify torture, tax cuts for the wealthiest during periods of cri ...

 

The Washington Independent: Debate Intensifies Over Preventive Detention 2009-07-02

In habeas corpus cases for Guantanamo detainees, the Obama Justice Department has argued it has “the authority to detain persons that the President ...

 

New York Times: To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old 2009-07-02

Mr. Obama has also drawn fire from human rights advocates for fighting to prevent detainees in Afghanistan from having habeas corpus rights.

 

Austin American-Statesman: Reed's death sentence again upheld 2009-07-02

Reed's appeal — his sixth petition for a writ of habeas corpus since his May 1998 conviction — also included a vague account of a woman who said she may ...

 

St. Louis American: New evidence will be heard in Clemons case, MO Supreme Court ... 2009-07-02

This is a response to Clemons' most recent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. According to the order, Manners is appointed “with full power and authority ...

 

The News International: Judgment reserved in child custody case 2009-07-02

The applicant, Yasmeen, had filed a habeas corpus application in the court of District and Sessions Judge Central Syed Al-e-Maqbool Rizvi stating that ...

 

The Washington Independent: The Real Test for Obama on Indefinite Detention 2009-07-02

... Bush-like view of his detention authority pursuant to the laws of war in the Guantanamo detainees' habeas corpus cases, that doesn't mean the president ...

 

American Institute for Economic Research: A Declaration of Independence from Big Government 2009-07-02

The king's officials unjustly placed colonists under arrest in violation of writ of habeas corpus, and sentenced them to prison without trial by jury.

 

Opposing Views: Obama Embraces Bush Legacy on Detention 2009-07-02

The suspension of habeas corpus and the internment of Japanese Americans left a lasting stain on two of America's most successful presidencies.

 

The News International: Court summons SSP in illegal detention case 2009-07-02

By Our Correspondent DISTRICT and Sessions Judge Muhammad Mehmood Chaudhry on Thursday summoned Operations SSP, Lahore, in a habeas corpus petition for ...

 

Indian Country Today: Trimble: Custer, the plastic icon 2009-07-02

... even with the passive help of General George Crook, marked the federal court's decision that an Indian is a “person” for the purpose of Habeas Corpus.

 

Den Of Geek: Michael Mann: Public Enemies press conference report 2009-07-02

Which means setting aside habeas corpus, persecuting the innocent, using torture and those kind of things. So I had to have somebody who could embrace those ...

 

MiamiHerald.com: Detainee attorney wants interrogations banned 2009-07-02

Now his lawyers also want them excluded from their separate effort to have the US District Court here free him through a habeas corpus petition.

 

Franklin Press: An American POW in Poland: Story of Hoffman's WWII nightmare continues 2009-07-02

He asked her one day if she knew about a law (Habeas Corpus) in the US that a person accused of a crime cannot be held indefinitely without evidence.

2009-07-02: Headlines

The Washington Independent: Left-Leaning Lawyers Urge Caution on Detention Policy 2009-07-02

In habeas corpus cases for Guantanamo detainees, the Obama Justice Department has argued it has “the authority to detain persons that the President ...

 

Washington Post: Secrecy v. Sunshine 2009-07-02

In rejecting the Justice Department's overreaching, the judge did not order immediate or even full disclosure of the evidence -- known in habeas corpu ...

 

Morning Sentinel: WEST ATHENS Offbeat annual parade celebrates love of freedom 2009-07-02

"We will all have a sash with a favorite, be she 'I Miss Habeas Corpus' or 'Miss Represented' or your choice -- sash can be made at the parade or bring one ...

 

The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02

The habeas corpus case revolves around Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan who was believed to be 12-years-old when he was captured in December 2002, was “subjected ...

 

Indian Country Today: Trimble: Custer, the plastic icon 2009-07-02

... even with the passive help of General George Crook, marked the federal court's decision that an Indian is a “person” for the purpose of Habeas Corpus.

 

PR Newswire (press release): Court Should Suppress Evidence Obtained Through Torture in Jawad ... 2009-07-02

However, the government continues to rely on those same statements in Jawad's habeas corpus challenge. "Since his arrest in 2002, Mr. Jawad has been ...

 

American Institute for Economic Research: A Declaration of Independence from Big Government 2009-07-02

The king's officials unjustly placed colonists under arrest in violation of writ of habeas corpus, and sentenced them to prison without trial by jury.

 

Austin American-Statesman: Reed's death sentence again upheld 2009-07-02

Reed's appeal — his sixth petition for a writ of habeas corpus since his May 1998 conviction — also included a vague account of a woman who said she may ...

 

New York Times: To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old 2009-07-02

Mr. Obama has also drawn fire from human rights advocates for fighting to prevent detainees in Afghanistan from having habeas corpus rights.

 

The Nation.: Saving Troy Davis 2009-07-01

This week, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether to hear the request for a writ of habeas corpus in Davis's case in September hopefully signaling ...

 

Daily Times: LHC orders case against CIA officer 2009-07-01

The court issued the direction on a habeas corpus petition by the detained citizen's father Mohammad Ikram, seeking that his son be recovered.

 

Daily Kos: Obama and Bush Agree? Habeas Corpus is So Passé 2009-07-01

The suspension of habeas corpus and the internment of Japanese Americans left a lasting stain on two of America's most successful presidencies.

 

WND.com: Sotomayor Achilles' heel? Wrongly imprisoned man 2009-07-01

Eventually he ran out of state court appeals procedures, and then was given until April 24, 1997, to demand habeas corpus. According to reports, his lawyer ...

 

Drug War Chronicle: I went to visit Will Foster in Jail A Couple of Nights Ago 2009-07-01

Desperate, Foster filed a writ of habeas corpus and won! A California judge ruled the warrant invalid, and Foster was a free man again. But not for long.

 

KOMU-TV: Missouri Supreme Court Denies Petitions in Helmig Case 2009-07-01

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Supreme Court denied a habeas corpus petition and a petition for DNA testing filed by Dale Helmig. Helmig is incarcerated ...

 

Los Angeles Times: Majority at public hearing oppose California's proposed lethal ... 2009-07-01

Condemned prisoners have a right to habeas corpus appeals in federal court, but a lack of funds for lawyers and jammed court calendars grossly delay ...

 

Dover-Sherborn Press: Column: The privilege of freedom 2009-07-01

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an order to imprison thou ...

 

The Washington Independent: Why Some Civil Libertarians Support an Executive Order ... 2009-07-01

And it's in line with what the federal courts have been ruling, with some variations, in a string of habeas corpus cases. The proposal for an executive ...

 

Columbia Daily Tribune: High court rejects petitions for convicted killer Helmig 2009-07-01

The state high court denied the habeas corpus petition and said it could be filed in DeKalb County, where Helmig is incarcerated at the Crossroad ...

2009-07-01: Headlines

Los Angeles Times: Majority at public hearing oppose California's proposed lethal ... 2009-07-01

Condemned prisoners have a right to habeas corpus appeals in federal court, but a lack of funds for lawyers and jammed court calendars grossly delay ...

 

WND.com: Sotomayor Achilles' heel? Wrongly imprisoned man 2009-07-01

Eventually he ran out of state court appeals procedures, and then was given until April 24, 1997, to demand habeas corpus. According to reports, his lawyer ...

 

Drug War Chronicle: I went to visit Will Foster in Jail A Couple of Nights Ago 2009-07-01

Desperate, Foster filed a writ of habeas corpus and won! A California judge ruled the warrant invalid, and Foster was a free man again. But not for long.

 

KOMU-TV: Missouri Supreme Court Denies Petitions in Helmig Case 2009-07-01

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Supreme Court denied a habeas corpus petition and a petition for DNA testing filed by Dale Helmig. Helmig is incarcerated ...

 

Columbia Daily Tribune: State high court rejects Helmig petitions 2009-06-30

The state high court denied the habeas corpus petition and said it could be filed in DeKalb County, where Helmig is incarcerated at the Crossroad ...

 

International Crisis Group: Sri Lanka's Judiciary: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights 2009-06-30

The “habeas corpus” remedy putatively available in the high courts rarely succeeds in gaining releases. Some relief can at times be found by filing ...

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Much riding on pick for Ga. high court 2009-06-30

However short the closure or reduced access, or denial of counsel, essential freedoms, including habeas corpus, the “great writ” by which courts can free ...

 

Malaysia Star: Many things to many people 2009-06-30

In many cases in India, habeas corpus has been issued to order release of people wrongfully detained on the orders of the House. Lower courts: About 10 day ...

 

Seattle Post Intelligencer: The judicial branch is standing up to the executive branch 2009-06-30

Are you speaking specifically of the over-reach of Executive authority as typified in the patent abuses regarding Habeas Corpus?

 

Greenville Herald-Banner: Alleged throat slasher due in court Tuesday 2009-06-30

Heath filed a writ of habeas corpus from the Hunt County Jail, where he remained in custody Monday, seeking a reduction in his $35000 bond on a charge ...

 

National Review Online Blogs: From my (probationary) Constitutional Powers Guy (The field ... 2009-06-30

Lincoln and his Army General declined to let the marshal into the fort, where Merryman was being held in violation of a SCOTUS order for habeas corpus. 6.

 

World Socialist Web Site: Supreme Court upholds white firefighters' discrimination claims 2009-06-30

... opposition to habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners [Antonin Scalia and police-state rule], and key role in blocking the counting of Florida vote ...

 

Dallas Morning News: State Editorial Rdp 2009-06-30

... black voters literacy tests that asked the number of bubbles in a soap bar, the news content of the Peking Daily or the definition of habeas corpus.

 

St. Louis American: New evidence will be considered in Clemons case Missouri Supreme ... 2009-06-30

This is a response to Clemons' most recent petition for a writ of habeas corpus. According to the order, Manners is appointed “with full power and authority ...

 

Cherokee Sentinel: Passage to India: "Rise of the Rest" 2009-06-30

Under Article 32, anyone can file a petition in the Supreme Court for any writ, including habeas corpus. because of the Court's heavy caseload, ...

 

Macon Telegraph: Court denies Doorbal death-sentence appeal 2009-06-30

A federal judge denied his habeas corpus petition, and the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling on Monday.

 

JURIST: Coming to America? Obama's Limited Options for Holding Guantanamo ... 2009-06-30

When the government was unable to effectuate his removal, a federal court of appeals granted his habeas corpus petition and ordered his release.

 

Momento 24: 1:20 pm – Carrascosa's habeas corpus denied by court. 2009-06-30

The space for comments on each article of momento24.com is offered to the community. Participation is free and its content reflects only the reader' ...

 

Stabroek News: Caribbean judiciaries in an era of globalization:Meeting ... 2009-06-30

In delivering the opinion of the Court allowing habeas corpus to run to the 'legal black hole' of Guantanamo Bay, Justice Stevens drew expressly on the case ...

 

Auburn Journal: The Rise of Private Armies — Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption ... 2009-06-30

And you have an ongoing position, by the Obama administration, formed under Bush, that these prisoners don't have right to habeas corpus.

 

Inquirer.net: Missing farmer's kin to seek court help 2009-06-30

... Philippines -- The family and colleagues of a farmer allegedly abducted in Taguig City are set to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to put ...

 

Christian Science Monitor: Supreme Court leaves hanging the case of detained Uighurs 2009-06-30

"The Great Writ of habeas corpus which used to be 'open the jail door and do it now' – forget that, it's gone," Mr. Willett says. The Uighurs cannot be sent ...

 

The News International: Tevta to train 40000 youths 2009-06-30

In her habeas corpus petition, Javed, a resident of Wahdat Road, had alleged that his father-in-law Boota had been keeping her wife Saima in his custody ...

 

The Washington Independent: ACLU to Argue Against Use of Evidence Obtained Through Torture ... 2009-06-30

The ACLU will argue tomorrow that the federal judge in Jawad's habeas corpus case should rule that evidence gathered through torture is still too unreliable ...

2009-06-30: Headlines

Greenville Herald-Banner: Alleged throat slasher due in court Tuesday 2009-06-30

Heath filed a writ of habeas corpus from the Hunt County Jail, where he remained in custody Monday, seeking a reduction in his $35000 bond on a charge ...

 

Auburn Journal: The Rise of Private Armies — Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption ... 2009-06-30

And you have an ongoing position, by the Obama administration, formed under Bush, that these prisoners don't have right to habeas corpus.

 

National Review Online Blogs: Re: Colorblind Constitution 2009-06-30

The ad hoc, extra legal quality of the prohibited acts suggests an extremely limited remedy (eg, habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition) role for federal ...

 

World Socialist Web Site: Supreme Court upholds white firefighters' discrimination claims 2009-06-30

... opposition to habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners [Antonin Scalia and police-state rule], and key role in blocking the counting of Florida vote ...

 

Inquirer.net: Missing farmer's kin to seek court help 2009-06-30

... Philippines -- The family and colleagues of a farmer allegedly abducted in Taguig City are set to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to put ...

 

WTOC: Supreme Court holds Davis case until September 2009-06-29

"The US Supreme Court has delayed making a decision on the habeas appeal filed by Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis until September 2009.

 

Cato @ Liberty: The Jurisprudence of Detention: Definitions and Cases 2009-06-29

This is the set of six petitioners that won the right to habeas corpus hearings at the Supreme Court. They were picked up in Bosnia and allegedly planned ...

 

Examiner.com: Obama's 'transparency' myth 2009-06-29

First, it was his “preventive detention” reversal, where he promised to continue Bush's defacto suspension of habeas corpus. Then it was the suppression ...

 

The News-Press: Justin Grodin case will go on for several years 2009-06-29

A final appeal is a writ of habeas corpus on the federal level. It attacks the constitutionality of the trial. If all appeals are denied, the defendant c ...

 

Harare Tribune: Dr. Paul Mutuzr: Tsvangirai falling on sword 2009-06-29

... habeas corpus with regard to Obama's restoration of Bush's military tribunals for Guantanamo prisoners indefinitely held there, cosmetic Wall Street ...

 

Schenectady Gazette: Thank you, Brian Williams! 2009-06-29

Ninety-two people were arrested at the Supreme Court for asking our government to stop using torture and grant habeas corpus to Guantanamo detainees;

 

The Women's International Perspective: US Should Follow The Rule of Law on Guantanamo Detainees 2009-06-29

As Amnesty International has indicated,one year after the US Supreme Court ruled that the detainees were entitled to a prompt habeas corpus hearing ...

 

Wall Street Journal: New Rift Opens Over Rights of Detainees 2009-06-29

... when it ruled the Military Commissions Act of 2006 unconstitutionally stripped Guantanamo detainees of habeas corpus, a legal proceeding to challenge ...

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Much riding on pick for Ga. high court 2009-06-29

However short the closure or reduced access, or denial of counsel, essential freedoms, including habeas corpus, the “great writ” by which courts can free ...

 

Examiner.com: Obama pulls "a Kerry" concerning Gitmo detainees 2009-06-29

... Order mandating its closing by January, 2010, in addition to granting the constitutional privilege of the writ of habeas corpus to detainees held there.

 

Times Record News: Matter of Record (June 29) 2009-06-29

Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Albert Cobos Arredondo Jr. vs. Director of the Texas Department ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

The News-Press: Justin Grodin case will go on for several years 2009-06-29

A final appeal is a writ of habeas corpus on the federal level. It attacks the constitutionality of the trial. If all appeals are denied, the defendant c ...

 

Times Record News: Matter of Record (June 29) 2009-06-29

Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Albert Cobos Arredondo Jr. vs. Director of the Texas Department ...

 

World Socialist Web Site: A revealing picture of the American presidency 2009-06-29

He has defended the Bush administration's attack on habeas corpus, military tribunals, indefinite detention of alleged terrorists, rendition and domestic ...

 

Examiner.com: Obama's 'transparency' myth 2009-06-29

First, it was his “preventive detention” reversal, where he promised to continue Bush's defacto suspension of habeas corpus. Then it was the suppression ...

 

Wall Street Journal: New Rift Opens Over Rights of Detainees 2009-06-29

... when it ruled the Military Commissions Act of 2006 unconstitutionally stripped Guantanamo detainees of habeas corpus, a legal proceeding to challenge ...

 

AllGov: Obama Inching Towards Bush View Ending Habeas Corpus 2009-06-28

... almost 100 detainees in prison without any trial—a violation of the right of habeas corpus that's been justified in the name of national security.

 

Daily Kos: Cthulhu Intelligence Hypothetical Diary (Legal) 2009-06-28

(2) Does the habeas corpus petition carry weight in the United States courts? Why or why not? (3) Does Emsal have the right to be free of indefinite ...

 

ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28

... empowered to review the prisoners' cases after a Supreme Court ruling last June confirmed that they had habeas corpus rights (the right to ask a judge ...

 

Inquirer.net: Sounding Board Jointly or separately 2009-06-28

... namely when Congress wants to revoke a declaration of martial law or a suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus (VII,18).

2009-06-28: Headlines

ZNet: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim 2009-06-28

... empowered to review the prisoners' cases after a Supreme Court ruling last June confirmed that they had habeas corpus rights (the right to ask a judge ...

 

Daily Kos: Cthulhu Intelligence Hypothetical Diary (Legal) 2009-06-28

(2) Does the habeas corpus petition carry weight in the United States courts? Why or why not? (3) Does Emsal have the right to be free of indefinite ...

 

Mindanao Examiner: Reds vow justice for abducted Filipino activist 2009-06-28

“They have been directly named as respondents in the habeas corpus case filed by the Burgos family. The pieces of evidence against the three include ...

 

TheDay: The Best Alternative To Gitmo: A New Court 2009-06-28

These courts would be presumptively adjudicatory in nature (trials to begin within one year of capture), would provide habeas corpus hearings within three ...

 

AllGov: Obama Inching Towards Bush View Ending Habeas Corpus 2009-06-28

... almost 100 detainees in prison without any trial—a violation of the right of habeas corpus that's been justified in the name of national security.

 

Inquirer.net: Sounding Board Jointly or separately 2009-06-28

... namely when Congress wants to revoke a declaration of martial law or a suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus (VII,18).

 

TPMCafé: Roots Rot 2009-06-27

The Post didn't mobilized on the invasion issue, the torture issue, the warrantless spying issue, or the habeas corpus issue or...hmmm.

 

TPMCafé: No indefinite detention 2009-06-27

Insurrection is the only circumstance under which Habeas Corpus can legally be ignored in this country or by our government. The Bush/Obama claims to th ...

 

South Bend Tribune: Judge told to appear in court 2009-06-27

Gotsch made the order after a writ of habeas corpus petition was filed by Walter Jennings, who is seeking the custody of his son. Also ordered to appear ...

 

TPMCafé: Roots Rot 2009-06-27

The Post didn't mobilized on the invasion issue, the torture issue, the warrantless spying issue, or the habeas corpus issue or...hmmm.

 

New York Times: Frank Connor/Universal 2009-06-27

... turn informants using extortion, round up innocent family members and make their lives miserable, set aside habeas corpus, be pre-emptive,” he said.