Judge halts trials of alleged 9/11 plotters

Latest update: 22/01/2009

- 9/11 Attacks - Barack Obama - Guantanamo - justice

A US military judge has suspended the trial of five Guantanamo detainees accused of planning the Sept. 11 attacks. The move gives President Barack Obama the time he requested to decide whether to shut down Guantanamo's war crimes tribunals.

Angela YEOH / Oliver FARRY / Sophie DAVIDSON / Sylviane BAHR (video)

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"This is a first and symbolic move by the Obama administration."
Angela Yeoh at Guantanamo Bay, 21/01/09.
Who else will be affected by Guantanamo's closing?
Angela Yeoh and Virginie Herz, 20/01/09.
"Detention conditions haven't stopped sparking controversy."
A. Yeoh and V.Herz in Cuba, 20/01/09
"It's a major step forward in the right direction."
Jamil Dakwar, advocacy director, American Civil Liberties Union, 21/01/09.

- 9/11 Attacks - Barack Obama - Guantanamo - justice

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