Judge allows Guantanamo prisoners to challenge confinement

A judge ruled today that some foreign terror suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can challenge their confinement in US courts and she criticised the Bush administration for holding hundreds of people without legal rights.

Federal Judge Joyce Hens Green, handling claims filed by more than 50 detainees, said the Supreme Court made clear last year that they have constitutional rights that lower courts should enforce.