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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 14, 2009
11:33 AM

CONTACT: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

James Freedland, (212) 519-7829 or 549-2666; media@aclu.org

ACLU at Guantánamo Monitoring Unconstitutional Military Commissions This Week

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - January 14 - Just six days before a new president who pledged to shut down Guantánamo is sworn into office, the Bush administration is beginning proceedings in a military commission case against Sudanese prisoner Noor Uthman Muhammed. The American Civil Liberties Union is at Guantánamo today to monitor Muhammed's arraignment. 

Muhammed is accused of conspiring with al-Qaeda and providing support for terrorism. Staff attorney Ben Wizner of the ACLU National Security Project will be observing this week's proceedings.

More information about the ACLU's call for President-elect Obama to shut down Guantánamo and the military commissions is available online at: www.closegitmo.com

Additional information about the ACLU's involvement surrounding the detention of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay can be found online at: www.aclu.org/gitmo

 

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