2005.10.26 - PEGC Extra
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1) JUDGE KESSLER'S OPINION & ORDER IN AL-JOUDI

There was a small but significant victory in the detainee cases today.

US District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a 21-page opinion which found:

"The Supreme Court has granted Petitioners the right to challenge their
detentions. In order to do so in a meaningful way, they must have access to
counsel and to the Court. Such access is particularly necessary where a
detainee’s life and health are in serious danger.

"Accordingly, balancing the imminent and irreparable harm Petitioners face, as
well as their right to counsel, which requires that counsel be able to
communicate with them, against the lack of any prejudice to the Government and
our national security interests, as well as the minimal burden placed on
personnel at Guantanamo, the Court concludes that Petitioners are entitled to
the following limited relief:

(1) The Government shall provide notice to Petitioners’ counsel within 24 hours
of the commencement of any forced feeding of their clients;

(2) For those Petitioners who are being force fed, the Government shall provide
to Petitioners’ counsel:

a. medical records spanning the period beginning one week prior to the date
forced feeding commenced; and

b. provision of medical records shall continue, at a minimum, on a weekly basis
until forced feeding concludes."


See:


USDC D.D.C. --

Al-Joudi v. Bush, CA No. 05-0301 (GK)
Al-Marri v. Bush, CA No. 04-2035 (GK)
Al-Adahi v. Bush, CA No. 05-0280 (GK)
Al Razak v. Bush, CA No. 05-1601 (Gk)

October 26, 2005
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Hon. Gladys Kessler, US District Judge

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/opinion_GK_20051026.pdf

ORDER:

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/order_GK_20051026.pdf


* Yesterday there was a related filing in these cases with some further
statements by detainees in the Al Odah case, see:

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/pet_notice_20051025.pdf

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/pet_notice_20051025_ex_A.pdf

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/pet_notice_20051025_ex_B.pdf

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/pet_notice_20051025_ex_C.pdf

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/pet_notice_20051025_ex_D.pdf

http://pegc.no-ip.info/archive/Al-Joudi_v_Bush/pet_notice_20051025_ex_E.pdf



2) PEGC WEBSITE STATUS

The PEGC website is back online, but there have been some problems with space
allocations so I haven't been able to move the whole archive to the new server
yet. That will hopefully get taken care of today, but otherwise it's pretty much
up and running. The old URL now redirects to the new one at:

http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/

But that's most likely only going to be temporary until I get my own domain
name. www.PEGC.org is taken, but I'm considering www.PEGC.info and I'm open to
suggestions.


Regards,

Charly


Charles Gittings
Lake Chelan

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