Topic: Mohammed Jawad

Judge says young detainee held illegally, orders his release after 6 1/2 years at GuantanamoA judge ruled Thursday that one of the youngest detainees brought to Guantanamo Bay is being held illegally and must be released 6 1/2 years after ...

US orders an Afghan detainee at Guantanamo freed

A US judge on Thursday ordered the release before the end of August of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan who is one of the youngest men held at the notorious prison camp.Judge Ellen Huvelle granted a " writ of habeas ...
A US federal judge on Thursday ordered the release before the end of August of Mohammed Jawad, one of the youngest detainees at Guantanamo Bay, saying he was being held illegally.Jawad looked set to head back home to Afghanistan after US ...

U.S. judge orders Guantanamo prisoner Jawad freed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered that one of the youngest detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be released for what is expected to be a trip home to Afghanistan, a case that could be a model for dealing ...

US orders Guantanamo detainee to be freed

A US judge on Thursday ordered the release before the end of August of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad, an Afghan who is one of the youngest men held at the notorious prison camp.Judge Ellen Huvelle granted a " writ of habeas ...

U.S. proposes releasing Guantanamo detainee abroad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed sending one of the youngest prisoners held at the controversial U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay back to Afghanistan where his lawyer said he would likely go free.Afghanistan has requested that Mohammed Jawad ...
The US Justice Department signaled in court filings that the Obama administration may transfer a second inmate from Guantanamo Bay to the United States to face trial in federal court.The detainee, Mohammed Jawad, was arrested in Afghanistan in 2002 on charges ...
US prosecutors will try to bring 2nd Gitmo detainee to US for trialThe Obama administration on Friday signaled it will try to bring a second Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States for trial in criminal court.Federal prosecutors told a court ...

U.S. drops case to detain young Guantanamo prisoner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday that it would drop its efforts to keep imprisoned one of the youngest Guantanamo Bay captives, but said he now would face a criminal investigation.The decision came in the case of ...
Justice Department agrees not to use detainee's statements to justify continued imprisonmentThe Justice Department agreed Wednesday not to use a Guantanamo Bay detainee's confession that he threw a grenade at U.S. soldiers to justify keeping him imprisoned, after his ...