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US military announces transfer of six Guantanamo detainees

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Saturday announced it had transferred six detainees out of Guantanamo Bay. The detainees, four of whom were sent to Iraq, one to Algeria, and one to Afghanistan, were found to be eligible for transfer after what DOD called "a comprehensive series of review processes." About 245 detainees remain at the facility, with roughly 60 eligible for transfer or release. The Afghan who was transferred, named Bismullah, was cleared of enemy combatant status "based on new information." The other five retained the enemy combatant designation. Last week, advisers to US President-elect Barack Obama said he plans to issue an executive order during his first week in office closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. On Wednesday, a judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted habeas to Chadian detainee Mohammed El Gharani and directed his release. An ongoing hunger strike at Guantanamo now involves 42 detainees.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 18, 2009 (boomark / email).