Court deals blow to Bush govt
12/06/2008 17:27  - (SA)  

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Washington - The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled detainees held in the US military base at Guantanamo Bay have the right to appeal to federal courts, dealing a blow to the Bush administration.

The court ruled that detainees in the US jail in southern Cuba "have the constitutional privilege of habeas corpus," in the third ruling on Guantanamo against the current administration of President George W Bush.

By a vote of five to four, the court found that even if the base was officially on Cuban territory, it was in fact operating as if it were on American soil and therefore the detainees had the same constitutional rights as all Americans.

- AFP

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