The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation of Palau, an administration official and a rights group said Saturday.
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Five Years at Guantanamo Bay A timeline of events in the five years since the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was opened to detain terrorism suspects and enemy fighters.
The Manual For Military Commissions
On Jan. 18, 2007, the Defense Department released its rules for military trials of terrorism suspects. It incorporates controversial rules blocking a detainee's right to challenge his or her detention and allows prosecutors to use hearsay information or coerced evidence.