51. The detainees were held at two military bases and a police station. 52. The detainees are held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 53. The detainees are held here for weeks, before they are flown to a more permanent U.S. holding facility in Guantanamo, Cuba. 54. The law allows the government to hold detainees without charge for there months, and the detention period expired Friday. 55. The organization never comments on its visits or on the conditions in which detainees are held. 56. The petition alleges that the detainees are being held in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Constitution. 57. The report said the legal system has been marginalized, and that detainees were being held without charges or trial. 58. The report is difficult to check because all the detainees are being held incommunicado. 59. They said some detainees were held there without court orders, sometimes for years. 60. Under Israeli law, detainees can be held indefinitely without trial or charges under so-called administrative detention. |