Monday, August 9, 2010

Military Tribunals At Guantanamo Begin With Pretrial Hearings

Omar Khadr getting battlefield first aid in 2002. Wikimedia

Khadr's Pretrial Hearing Begins At Guantanamo Bay -- CBC

Pre-trial motions in the case of Canadian Omar Khadr are underway at a U.S. military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Toronto-born Khadr is accused of throwing a hand grenade when he was 15 that killed an American soldier in Afghanistan after a firefight with U.S. forces.

Khadr, now 23, had vowed in July to boycott his legal proceedings, calling them a sham and saying he had no chance of receiving a fair trial.

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More News On Guantanamo's Military Tribunals

US military commissions go to work in Guantanamo
-- AFP
Guantanamo detainee set to be tried -- Al Jazeera
Omar Khadr's pretrial hearing begins in Cuba -- CTV
Trial for youngest Gitmo prisoner under way -- CNN
Evidence in Khadr trial debated -- CNews
Stephen Xenakis: Omar Khadr's unlikely defender -- Toronto Star
First U.S. Trial of 'Child Soldier' in Modern History Starts This Week at Gitmo -- Huffington Post
Exclusive: Caught in America's legal black hole -- The Independent
Widow of soldier to attend Khadr trial -- Montreal Gazette

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