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Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus

Medieval Latin meaning “[we, a Court, command] that you have the body [of the detainee brought before us]”) is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.

known as the “great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement”. It is a summons with the force of a court order; it is addressed to the custodian (a prison official, for example) and demands that a prisoner be brought before the court, and that the custodian present proof of authority, allowing the court to determine whether the custodian has lawful authority to detain the prisoner. If the custodian is acting beyond their authority, then the prisoner must be released. Any prisoner, or another person acting on their behalf, may petition the court, or a judge, for a writ of habeas corpus. One reason for the writ to be sought by a person other than the prisoner is that the detainee might be held incommunicado. Most civil law jurisdictions provide a similar remedy for those unlawfully detained, but this is not always called habeas corpus. For example, in some Spanish-speaking nations, the equivalent remedy for unlawful imprisonment is the amparo de libertad (“protection of freedom”).1 Read more…

Chronological History of Events Related to Habeas Corpus

Iranian Stem Cell Doctor, Dr. Soleimani, Arrested Upon Arrival in US

Iranian Stem Cell Doctor, Dr. Soleimani, Arrested Upon Arrival in US

Dr. Masoud Soleimani, who has been illegally imprisoned in the United States since October 2018, is being used as a political pawn by US neoconservatives, Zionists who are hostile towards the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to Dr. Kevin Barrett. Barrett said that Dr. Soleimani “should be protected by habeas corpus,” which is a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge ...
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Obama Signs Executive Order 13603 for Martial Law During any 'National Emergency'

Obama Signs Executive Order 13603 for Martial Law During any ‘National Emergency’

Unfortunately, the US has been under 'national emergency' since September 14, 2001. In 1974, a Senate Committee revealed the US had been under national emergency since 1933 and were currently under 4 different Presidentially declared states of emergency. Thus, martial law could be declared anytime. Jim Powell wrote the following article for Forbes.com President Obama has made clear that he’s determined to continue pushing his “progressive” ...
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The Military Commissions Act, HR-6166, Terminates the Fundamental Protections of Individual Liberty Under the Guise of Security from Terrorism

The Military Commissions Act, HR-6166, Terminates the Fundamental Protections of Individual Liberty Under the Guise of Security from Terrorism

The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush. The Act, in effect, terminated the fundamental protections of individual liberty, which are found in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. For all intents and purposes, the Patriot Act and Military Commissions Act eviscerated the 4th and 5th Amendments, and do serious injury to several ...
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During the 9/11 'False Flag' Event, a Shadow Government is Formed Under the Guise of the Emergency Need for Continuity of Government

During the 9/11 ‘False Flag’ Event, a Shadow Government is Formed Under the Guise of the Emergency Need for Continuity of Government

Hours after the 9/11 attacks, a "shadow government" is formed. Key congressional leaders say they didn't know this government-in-waiting had been established. [CBS, 3/2/02, Washington Post, 3/2/02, more] Dick Cheney responded by using devious means to install a small cabal of lawyers - most notoriously John Yoo - who proceeded conspiratorially in the next weeks to exclude their superiors, while secretly authorizing measures ranging from warrantless surveillance and ...
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The US Army’s Publication 'Special Forces Foreign Internal Defense Tactics Techniques and Procedures' Recommends Employing Terrorists and using False Flag Operations

The US Army’s Publication ‘Special Forces Foreign Internal Defense Tactics Techniques and Procedures’ Recommends Employing Terrorists and using False Flag Operations

The United States Army’s publication Special Forces Foreign Internal Defense Tactics Techniques and Procedures  – updated in 2004 – recommends employing terrorists and using false flag operations to destabilize leftist regimes in Latin America. False flag terrorist attacks were carried out in Latin America and other regions as part of the CIA’s “Dirty Wars“. And see this. Similarly, a CIA “psychological operations” manual prepared by a CIA contractor ...
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American Indian Movement members Begin a Protest for Injustices Against their Tribe Resulting in the Unlawful Use of Military Force and Framing of Leonard Peltier

American Indian Movement members Begin a Protest for Injustices Against their Tribe Resulting in the Unlawful Use of Military Force and Framing of Leonard Peltier

"Amnesty International considers Leonard Peltier to be a political prisoner whose avenues of redress have long been exhausted.... Amnesty International recognizes that a retrial is no longer a feasible option and believes that Leonard Peltier should be immediately and unconditionally released." - Amnesty International, April 6, 1999 "I have been reading in Leonard Peltier's book, and about an hour ago I spoke with him .... He ...
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Brooklyn Health Dept. Forces Small Business to Quarantine Because Healthy Employees Refused to be Vaccinated

Brooklyn Health Dept. Forces Small Business to Quarantine Because Healthy Employees Refused to be Vaccinated

On May 2, 1894, two health department vaccinators visited a livery stable in the Greenpoint neighborhood where William H. Smith operated an express delivery and hauling business. Smith employed more than a dozen men and boys who delivered goods from factories in the metropolitan area to retail businesses and from businesses to homes, as well as hauling away discarded items. In addition to offices, the upstairs ...
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Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln

Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln

See the full 1862 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln, below. A Proclamation Whereas, it has become necessary to call into service not only volunteers but also portions of the militia of the States by draft in order to suppress the insurrection existing in the United States, and disloyal persons are not adequately restrained by the ordinary processes of law from hindering this measure and from giving aid ...
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Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing Prisoners right to be imprisoned to be examined by a court

Britain’s King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing Prisoners right to be imprisoned to be examined by a court

The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of Parliament in England (31 Cha. 2 c. 2) during the reign of King Charles II. It was passed by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, which required a court to examine the lawfulness of a prisoner's detention and thus prevent unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment ...
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The 'Petition of Right' Approved by King Charles I in England

The ‘Petition of Right’ Approved by King Charles I in England

The Petition of Right (see document) is a statement of the objectives of the 1628 English legal reform movement that led to the Civil War and deposing of Charles I in 1649. One of England's most famous Constitutional documents, it expresses many of the ideals that later led to the American Revolution. It was written by Parliament as an objection to an overreach of authority by King ...
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