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Monday, January 20, 2014
Federal appeals court denies claim by former Guantanamo detainee
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that a lower court was correct in dismissing the claim for damages brought by Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Janko, a former Guantanamo detainee, on jurisdictional grounds. The court based its decision on an interpretation of Section 7 of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) [text, PDF], which creates a broad definition of "unlawful enemy combatant" and limits the availability of...
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