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June 11, 2010

Judge Orders Detention of Guantánamo Prisoner "Unlawful"
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A federal judge has ruled the continued detention of a Yemeni citizen at
Guantánamo is unlawful. The ruling could force the US military to soon
release Mohammed Hassan Odaini, who has been held since he was eighteen
years old. Six years ago, a Pentagon official concluded Odaini could be
cleared for release, but he remains locked up. In his ruling, US
District Judge Henry H. Kennedy wrote, "the evidence before the court
shows that holding Odaini in custody at such great cost to him has done
nothing to make the United States more secure."



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