Despite Ruling, Detainee Cases Facing Delays

When the Supreme Court ruled in June that detainees at Guantánamo had the right to challenge their detention in federal court, the justices said that after more than six years of legal wrangling the prisoners should have their cases heard quickly because "the costs of delay can no longer be borne by those who are held in custody."

But nearly four months later, as the Bush administration has opened a new defense of its detention policies in federal court, none of the scores of cases brought by detainees have been resolved by any judge.

Lawyers say UK Guantánamo Suspect Has No Hope of Fair Trial

The system of US military courts is so politically biased that Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay, has no prospect of a fair trial, his lawyers said yesterday.

A number of prosecutors appointed by the US defence department have resigned in protest at the procedures' perceived prejudice. Judges presiding over the military commissions, as they are called, have also attacked the way trials have been conducted at the detention centre in Cuba.

Guantanamo Prosecutor Resigns Over Ethics

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - The prosecutor in a Guantanamo war crimes case has asked to quit his assignment due to ethical concerns, defence attorneys and the lead military prosecutor said yesterday.

The departure would make at least four Guantanamo prosecutors who have left with misgivings about the fairness of the process, which has drawn international criticism as inhumane and unjust.

Detained, Beaten, and Tortured In Name of 'War on Terror': Six years in Guantanamo

Sami al-Haj walks with pain on his steel crutch; almost six years in the nightmare of Guantanamo have taken their toll on the Al Jazeera journalist and, now in the safety of a hotel in the small Norwegian town of Lillehammer, he is a figure of both dignity and shame. The Americans told him they were sorry when they eventually freed him this year - after the beatings he says he suffered, and the force-feeding, the humiliations and interrogations by British, American and Canadian intelligence officers - and now he hopes one day he'll be able to walk without his stick.

US Judge 'Reluctantly' Delays Guantanamo Appeals

WASHINGTON - A US judge "reluctantly" agreed to request from Washington to delay appeals brought by some 250 Guantanamo detainees challenging the legality of their detention.

Monday's decision came as four accused 9/11 conspirators, including confessed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appeared for a second preliminary hearing at the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Judge Thomas Hogan, who is coordinating some 200 to 250 appeals in front of the federal courts, said in an order that he was granting the government's motion.