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U.S. Military Commission Trials to Resume, Additional Proceedings to Begin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2005

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References

1 Neil, A. Lewis, Detainee Trials to Resume Soon, Rumsfeld Says, N.Y. Times, July 19, 2005, at A14 Google Scholar; White, Josh, Military Trials for Detainees to Resume, Wash. Post, July 19, 2005, at A9.Google Scholar

2 U.S. Dep’t of Defense News Release No. 728-05, Military Commissions to Resume (July 18, 2005), at <http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050718-4063.html>..>Google Scholar Department of Defense news releases are available at <http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/archive.html>.

3 [Editor’s Note: The Department of Defense subsequendy announced that Hicks’s trial would resume sometime between October 3 and October 20, 2005. Guantanamo Trial to Resume, Wash. Post, Sept. 21, 2005, at A24.Google Scholar Australia earlier expressed concerns regarding delays in bringing Hicks to trial. The United States initially sought to have Hicks tried in Australia, but Australian officials believed that his activities had not violated Australian law in force at the time. Australian officials also have voiced doubts about the strength of the case against Hicks, who claims to have been tortured while in custody—claims denied by the United States. Bonner, Raymond, Australia Uneasy About U.S. Detainee Case, N.Y. Times, Apr. 10, 2005, at A14.Google Scholar]