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Guantanamo charges show flaws of new military commissions
Emi MacLean [attorney, Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights]: "On Friday, the Department of Defense announced charges against three detainees in Guantánamo - Omar Khadr, Salim Hamdan, and David Hicks. The (More) |
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Australia PM to press US for speedy Hicks trial following new charges
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday that the Australian government will do more to pressure the US to expedite the trial of David Hicks . In a cabinet meeting on Monday, officials informed Howard of the growing public concern about th (More) |
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Australia PM supports US re-charging sole Australian Guantanamo detainee
Australian Prime Minister John Howard spoke out Sunday in support of the Pentagon's decision to recharge 31-year-old David Hicks , the single Australian terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay , notwithstanding US inclusion of a criminal count - provi (More) |
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US re-charging Guantanamo detainees Hicks, Khadr, Hamdan
The US military announced Friday it has drafted new charges against three high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees. Col. Morris Davis (USAF) , chief prosecutor for the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, said that the new charges aga (More) |
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Australia justice minister calls Hicks detention 'totally inappropriate'
Australian Minister of Justice Chris Ellison Friday offered the Australian government's strongest criticism yet of the US government's 5-year detention without charge of Australian citizen David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay , calling it "t (More) |
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Guantanamo guards taunted detainees with Saddam hanging photos: Hicks lawyer
US soldiers taunted detainees at Guantanamo Bay with pictures of Saddam Hussein's hanging in "an attempt to intimidate and compel submission under a threat of death and mentally torture," according to comments made Thursday by a defe (More) |
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Australia AG calls for Hicks update after reports of harsh Gitmo treatment
Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that he has requested an assessment of the condition of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks after Hicks' lawyer described Hicks in an interview [transcript; recorded audio] on (More) |
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Guantanamo military trials face further delays
Fewer Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be charged with war crimes this week than originally expected, chief prosecutor USAF Col. Moe Davis told Reuters Monday. Revised charges were expected to be filed against up to 20 suspected members of al Qaeda a (More) |
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Hicks could face reduced charges in new Guantanamo military trial
Australian officials said Monday that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks could face reduced charges when he goes to trial before new US military commissions, the procedural rules for which were promulgated last week. Hicks' origina (More) |
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Australia MPs writing top US lawmakers to press fair trial for Hicks
Australian MPs concerned about new US military commission rules [manual, PDF; JURIST report] plan to write to US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next week to ask them to ensure Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks g (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
