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The '''Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp''' is a military [[prison]] of the [[United States of America]] on the southeastern tip of the island of [[Cuba]]. In this prison, suspected terrorists can be held indefinitely without charge or trial.<ref>"The Supreme Court [ruled] that the U.S. government has the power to hold American citizens and foreign nationals without charges or trial, [but] detainees can challenge their treatment in U.S. courts."[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123996,00.html Mixed Rulings on Terror Detention Policies] [[Fox News]], June 28, 2004</ref>  The [[liberal]] organization [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] is organizing attorneys to file [[habeas corpus]] petitions in the Washington, D.C., federal court on behalf of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay.<ref>[http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=pQOvjcVXXK&Content=406 First post-Supreme Court habeas petitions filed on behalf of detainees at Guantanamo Bay], [[Center for Constitutional Rights]], 2004.</ref>

The '''Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp''' is a military [[prison]] of the [[United States of America]] on the southeastern tip of the island of [[Cuba]]. In this prison [[terrorists]] / ''[[enemy combatants]]'' can be held indefinitely without charge or trial.<ref>"The Supreme Court [ruled] that the U.S. government has the power to hold those who have acted as enemy combatants without charges or trial, [but] detainees can challenge their treatment in U.S. courts."[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123996,00.html Mixed Rulings on Terror Detention Policies] [[Fox News]], June 28, 2004</ref>  The [[liberal]] organization [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] is organizing attorneys to file [[habeas corpus]] petitions in the Washington, D.C., federal court on behalf of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay.<ref>[http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=pQOvjcVXXK&Content=406 First post-Supreme Court habeas petitions filed on behalf of detainees at Guantanamo Bay], [[Center for Constitutional Rights]], 2004.</ref>

On April 2, 2007, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] denied appeals by a group of detainees of this camp, with the majority stating that it would be inappropriate to rule until the group had exhausted other remedies.<ref>[[Withdraw of Jurisdiction Upheld - Original Work|Supreme Court rules against detainees]]</ref><ref>Congressional Research Service Report [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33180.pdf Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court], updated April 6, 2007.</ref>

On April 2, 2007, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] denied appeals by a group of detainees of this camp, with the majority stating that it would be inappropriate to rule until the group had exhausted other remedies.<ref>[[Withdraw of Jurisdiction Upheld - Original Work|Supreme Court rules against detainees]]</ref><ref>Congressional Research Service Report [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33180.pdf Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court], updated April 6, 2007.</ref>