Release agreement on Gitmo 2 – Supreme Court orders gov’t
The Supreme Court has ordered the release of the
agreement between the Ghanaian government and the
United States government with respect to the former’s
acceptance of two Guantanamo Bay detainees into the
country.
The release of the documents, according to the court, is to
be made available only to the lawyers in t
he matter.
This followed the submission of the verbal agreement
otherwise referred to as “Note Verbalizes” in diplomatic
circles between the Government of Ghana and its American
counterpart, to the court on July 12, 2016, by the Attorney
General.
This was because the agreement, according to the AG, was
confidential and any disclosure in the public or open court
would violate section 1 of the State Secrets ACT, 1962 (Act
101).
But scrutinizing the agreement, the judges were of the view
the release of the documents to the lawyers would not
result in any security threat.
Background
Two Ghanaian citizens, Margaret Bamful and Henry Nana
Boakye, sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice,
together with the Minister of Interior, accusing President
John Mahama of illegally bringing in the two former Gitmo
detainees, without recourse to the laws of the land.
The plaintiffs are seeking among other reliefs a “declaration
that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the
1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of
Ghana acted unconstitutionally by agreeing to the transfer
of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid
Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby.”
Ex-Guantanamo detainees pose no security threat – US
Embassy
Ghanaians met government’s decision to host the two as a
threat to national security, but Government insisted the two
men posed no threat.
In January 2016, the United States Embassy in Ghana,
assured Ghanaians that the presence of the two former
detainees, posed no threat to the security of the country.
“The two detainees that were transferred to Ghana have
already arrived…we don’t have access to the specifics of
their whereabouts, you have to go to the government of
Ghana for that,” Public Affairs Counselor at the US Embassy
in Ghana, Daniel Fennell said.
Two Guantanamo bay detainees, Mahmud Umar
Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby
had been in detention for 14 years, after being linked with
terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
agreement between the Ghanaian government and the
United States government with respect to the former’s
acceptance of two Guantanamo Bay detainees into the
country.
The release of the documents, according to the court, is to
be made available only to the lawyers in t
This followed the submission of the verbal agreement
otherwise referred to as “Note Verbalizes” in diplomatic
circles between the Government of Ghana and its American
counterpart, to the court on July 12, 2016, by the Attorney
General.
This was because the agreement, according to the AG, was
confidential and any disclosure in the public or open court
would violate section 1 of the State Secrets ACT, 1962 (Act
101).
But scrutinizing the agreement, the judges were of the view
the release of the documents to the lawyers would not
result in any security threat.
Background
Two Ghanaian citizens, Margaret Bamful and Henry Nana
Boakye, sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice,
together with the Minister of Interior, accusing President
John Mahama of illegally bringing in the two former Gitmo
detainees, without recourse to the laws of the land.
The plaintiffs are seeking among other reliefs a “declaration
that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the
1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of
Ghana acted unconstitutionally by agreeing to the transfer
of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid
Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby.”
Ex-Guantanamo detainees pose no security threat – US
Embassy
Ghanaians met government’s decision to host the two as a
threat to national security, but Government insisted the two
men posed no threat.
In January 2016, the United States Embassy in Ghana,
assured Ghanaians that the presence of the two former
detainees, posed no threat to the security of the country.
“The two detainees that were transferred to Ghana have
already arrived…we don’t have access to the specifics of
their whereabouts, you have to go to the government of
Ghana for that,” Public Affairs Counselor at the US Embassy
in Ghana, Daniel Fennell said.
Two Guantanamo bay detainees, Mahmud Umar
Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby
had been in detention for 14 years, after being linked with
terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
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