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Federal judge denies habeas petition of Algerian Guantanamo detainee

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

[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia has denied the habeas corpus petition of Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Sufiyan Barhoumi, according to a Thursday Miami Herald report. Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled in a still-classified opinion that the US may continue detaining Barhoumi, who is accused of training with al Qaeda, setting up a bomb-making shop, and purchasing supplies to make roadside bombs. This was Collyer's first ruling in a Guantanamo habeas case, bringing the total number of government victories to eight, while 30 detainees' habeas petitions have been granted. Barhoumi originally faced conspiracy charges, but those charges were thrown out when the US Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that the military commission system as initially constituted violated US and international law. Congress subsequently passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which established the current military commissions system. Barhoumi was charged in May 2008 with with conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism, but those charges were later dropped.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).