Appeals court - No hearings for Guantanamo prisoners

Wednesday, March 12, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The 650 suspected Taliban and al-Qaida fighters held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba have no right to hearings in American courts, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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