A lawsuit was filed by a human-rights lawyers' group seeking to release
more than 500 unnamed terror suspects held captive by U.S. Government in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.February 16, 2005- A lawsuit was filed by a human-rights lawyers' group seeking to release more than 500 unnamed terror suspects held captive by U.S. Government in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The suit filed for release of detainees on premise that they are being "improperly held". The filed case by New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights joins list of more than 70 cases already pending in U.S. District Court for District of Columbia. The others were filed by family members of other detainees.
In a one-page order, a U.S. District judge granted lawyers permission to file suit, citing that petition is allowed to proceed under fictitious names of "John Does".
According to legal director of Center for Constitutional Rights, foreigners from 40 different countries have been held in Cuba without being charged with any crime. Some were even detained for more than three years. They were mainly swept up in U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
