SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A prisoner at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has won a court order blocking the U.S. government from transferring him to another country without first giving his lawyers a chance to challenge the move.
The federal court's injunction, the latest in a series of similar rulings siding with detainees, means it will be harder for the United States to send 23-year-old Murat Kurnaz to another country, where he could be tortured or held indefinitely without charge, defense lawyer Baher Azmy said Thursday.
