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Military judge grants government motion to delay Guantanamo case
A US military judge on Tuesday granted a government motion to postpone hearings for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi . Chief judge for military commissions Colonel James Pohl granted the government's motion for (More)
Al Darbi hearing postponement ruling [US Military Commissions]
United States of America v. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza Al Darbi, US Military Judge Col. James Pohl, May 19, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More)
US judge rejects delay of first military commission hearing since suspension order
Military judge Colonel James Pohl has rejected a motion to delay a military commission hearing for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi , according to a Sunday report by the Miami Herald. The hearing, scheduled for May (More)
Hamdan plans boycott of Guantanamo military commission trial
Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] said Monday that he will join fellow detainees in a boycott of his upcoming military commission trial. Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden who has been in (More)
Report from Guantánamo: military commissions a failure in progress
Frank Kendall [volunteer consultant, Human Rights First]: "Last week I traveled to Guantánamo Navy Base as a monitor for Human Rights First. I observed pretrial hearings in the cases of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed (More)
Third Guantanamo Bay detainee plans to boycott military commission trial
Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim al-Qosi [DOD materials; JURIST report] said at a pre-trial hearing Thursday that he plans to boycott his upcoming military commission trial, becoming the third Guantanamo Bay detainee to announce boycott pla (More)
Report from Guantánamo: torture memo example of authorized prisoner abuse
Deborah Colson [senior associate, Human Rights First, Law and Security]: "In a March 2003 Office of Legal Counsel memorandum, released for the first time last week, John Yoo justified the use of cruel interrogation techniques on "unlawful c (More)
Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee plans boycott of military commission trial
A Saudi Arabian Guantanamo Bay detainee said during a pre-trial hearing Wednesday that he plans to boycott his upcoming military commission trial and does not wish to attend or have legal representation. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi described (More)
Report from Guantánamo: US interrogation techniques under scrutiny
Kevin Lanigan [Law and Security Program Director, Human Rights First]: "Last week I observed three military commissions hearings in Guantánamo: the arraignments of Afghani national Mohammed Jawad and Saudi national Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Ha (More)
Military commission charges confirmed against Saudi detainee al-Darbi
The US Department of Defense has said that two charges have been referred against Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi for his alleged connections to al Qaeda. Al-Darbi is the brother-in-law of Khalid al Mihdhar, one of (More)
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