Biden's Plan to End Afghanistan War Gives Some Detainees Hope for Release
Bidenâs Plan to End Afghanistan War Gives Some Detainees Hope for Release The legal basis for indefinite detention at Guantánamo is to prevent combatants from returning to the battlefield. But what if their old battlefield is no more? A detainee in a communal cellblock of Guantánamo Bay in 2019. Lawyers for at least two prisoners there contended this week that the governmentâs legal basis for detaining their clients was evaporating.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times April 21, 2021Updated 3:47 p.m. ET WASHINGTON â President Biden has declared that he intends to end the...
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