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Judge
Gladys Kessler of the District of Columbia orders the US government
to release the names of all people detained during the anti-terrorism
investigation in the United States. It is the role of the judiciary
"to ensure that our government always operates within the statutory
and constitutional constraints which distinguish a democracy from
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President
Bush signs into law the American Servicemembers Protection Act, legislation
directed against the International Criminal Court that authorizes
withholding military aid from some countries that sign up to the court,
and the use of force to free US personnel from the court. |
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US
threatens to withhold military aid if countries do not sign Article
98 agreements agreeing not to surrender US citizens to the International
Criminal Court.
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Judge
Robert G. Doumar of Virginia orders the US government to provide evidence
to support their designation of the US-born Yaser Esam Hamdi as an
unlawful enemy combatant. Hamdi had been picked up by US forces in
Afghanistan, and is being held in a navy brig in Virginia. |
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A federal
appeals court in Cincinnati rules that deportation hearings for people
detained during the anti-terrorism investigation must be open to the
public. |
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Newsweek
publishes a detailed report alleging that Northern Alliance forces
allied to the United States killed several hundred prisoners after
their surrender at Kunduz in November 2001. The report (based on an
initial investigation by Physicians for Human Rights) says the prisoners
suffocated while being transported in airless containers. |
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German
Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm discusses the charges against Mounir
El Motassadeq, August 29, 2002.
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German
prosecutors charge Moroccan-born Mounir el-Motassadeq with supporting
the work of the al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg that planned the September
11 attacks. Prosecutors claim that Motassadeq managed the bank accounts
of some of the al Qaeda members taking flight school lessons in the
United States. |
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