Federal Court Refuses To Throw Out Challenge To Guantánamo Prisoner’s Nine Year Detention

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 5 – A federal appellate court today sent a lawsuit challenging the unlawful detention of Guantánamo prisoner Mohamedou Ould Salahi back to district court for further review. In March, the district court had ordered Salahi released from Guantánamo because the government could not prove that he was part of Al Qaeda when he was captured in 2001. The government appealed that ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,…