2004.01.14 - PEGC Update ======================== * If you have links to my site on a web page, please update them to the new URL, it will help get Google to index it. Thanks. :) 1) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES - January 14, 2004 And here I was just starting to think I was getting caught up... Today six briefs were filed with the Supreme Court in Al Odah and Rasul. Merits briefs: AL ODAH v. United States BRIEF FOR PETITIONERS http://www.nimj.org/documents/Al_Odah_Petrs_Brief_on_Merits.pdf RASUL v. Bush PETITIONERS’ BRIEF ON THE MERITS http://www.nimj.org/documents/Rasul_Petrs_Brief_on_Merits.pdf Amicus briefs: Al Odah v. United States BRIEF OF THE MILITARY ATTORNEYS ASSIGNED TO THE DEFENSE IN THE OFFICE OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF NEITHER PARTY http://www.nimj.org/documents/gtm.amicus.100.pdf * This is the brief filed by the five military attorneys from the DoD Office of "Military Commissions" (OMC) assigned to defend POWs at Guantanamo Bay . RASUL v. Bush & AL ODAH v. United States BRIEF OF 175 MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS http://www.nimj.org/documents/Rasul_Parl.pdf RASUL v. Bush & AL ODAH v. United States BRIEF FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MILITARY JUSTICE AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS http://www.nimj.org/documents/NIMJ_amicus_brief_Rasul.doc RASUL v. Bush & AL ODAH v. United States BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE BIPARTISAN COALITION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS http://www.lchr.org/us_law/14077_freiman_proofs.pdf All of these briefs except the last one are from NIMJ's excellent web site at: http://www.nimj.org/ The sixth is on LCHR's web site, but they don't seem to have a link for it yet. 2) USAF v. SRA AL-HALABI The prosecution had a month to get their act together, so naturally they're still stalling and making lame excuses. It appears the judge is not terribly impressed, but she's giving them more time. See: Miami Herald -- January 14, 2004 SECURITY REVIEW DELAYS TRANSLATOR'S TRIAL By Scott Marshall, Knight Ridder News Service http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/7704290.htm 3) THE ARAR CASE: US AND CANADA AGREE ON A FIG LEAF Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade -- News Release, January 13, 2004 (9:50 a.m. EST) No. 2 CANADA AND UNITED STATES REACH NEW CONSULAR UNDERSTANDING Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham today issued the following statement on a new consular understanding reached between Canada and the United States that will ensure mutual respect for passports... http://webapps.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/minpub/Publication.asp?FileSpec= /Min_Pub_Docs/106753.htm&Language=E Toronto Globe and Mail -- January 13, 2004 CANADA, U.S. STRIKE ARAR DEAL By Drew Fagan http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040113.wsummit0113/BNStory/Int ernational/ Toronto Star -- January 14, 2004 ARAR LAWYER DISMISSES DEPORTATION AGREEMENT By Graham Fraser, National Affairs Writer http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename= thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1074035410792&call_pageid= 968332188854&col=968350060724 4) UK HOME SECRETARY BLUNKETT SPEAKS The Guardian (UK) -- January 14, 2004 TRIAL OR NOTHING FOR GUANTANAMO BRITONS - BLUNKETT Press Association http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1123114,00.html The Telegraph (UK) -- January 15, 2004 GUANTANAMO BRITONS 'WILL NOT BE TAGGED' By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/15/nguan15.xml 5) Breaking Development Sarasota Times-Herald -- January 15, 2004 GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SUES FEDERAL OFFICIALS The Associated Press http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040114/APN/401141173 Regards, Charly * * * Charles Gittings Oakland, California cbgittings@sbcglobal.net +1-510-923-1688 PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://PEGC.no-ip.info PEGC Update http://PEGC.no-ip.info/PEGC_Update.html