All posts tagged "Indefinite Detention"

Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) on Thursday voiced his support for legislation that would prohibit individuals detained in the United States from being indefinitely detained or transferred to a foreign country.

At a long overdue Senate committee hearing Wednesday, vocal upport for the controversial indefinite detention rules in last year's defense authorization act finally reared its head, seeming to still hinge on just one thing: as one witness essentially said, reading terrorists their rights may just prove fatal.

A series of witnesses called to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on indefinite detention Wednesday morning will outline just how dangerous a president's "unchecked authority" is to the freedoms Americans hold dear, giving lawmakers historical context on moments when American politicians ignored the principles enshrined in the Magna Carta, and the darkness that soon followed.

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday will present lawmakers with their first opportunity to begin tearing down the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), but two of the nation's leading civil rights groups are warning that Republicans have taken an unprecedented and even "chilling" step by inviting the testimony of someone who simply does not belong.

A small town in Massachusetts says it is "opting out" of a federal law that allows the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial.

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced legislation to the U.S House on Wednesday that would repeal Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.