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Australia High Court justice calls Guantanamo a legal black hole
The US detention center in Guantanamo Bay is a legal black hole, an Australian High Court judge has said. Justice Michael Kirby made the statement Monday in a speech to the Sydney Peace Foundation . David Hicks , an Australian who is awaiting tri (More) |
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US dismisses UK call to close Guantanamo Bay
US officials have dismissed a call from UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith to close the facility at Guantanamo Bay used to detain terror suspects, saying that the US is working to release detainees who no longer pose a threat, but insisting that (More) |
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US-Australia prisoner transfer agreement may affect Hicks
The Australian and US governments will both have to approve the transfer of prisoners sentenced by US military commissions under the terms of a new agreement reached earlier this week, according to a statement from Australian Foreign Minister Alexan (More) |
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UK court refuses further appeals in Hicks citizenship case
Lawyers for Australian terror suspect David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] said Saturday that Britain's Court of Appeals will not allow further appeals from the British government in Hicks' attempt to obtain UK citizenship. Hi (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees lose UK court bid to force government to help with release
The UK High Court on Thursday rejected the petition of a group of British residents detained at Guantanamo Bay appealing against the government's decision not to press the US government to release the detainees. The detainees asked the court (More) |
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Australian Guantanamo detainee UK citizenship appeal [UK CA]
Secretary of State for the Home Department v. Hicks, Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal (Civil Division), April 12, 2006 . Read the full text of the decision. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks wins appeal in UK citizenship case
The UK Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision [text; JURIST report] holding that Australian terror suspect David Hicks should be granted British citizenship, dismissing an appeal from Britain's Home Office . Hicks has been (More) |
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US military lawyer slams Guantanamo procedures
Maj. Michael Mori, the US Marine Corps lawyer representing Australian terror suspect David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay , said Monday that the "imbalanced system" at Gua (More) |
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UK decision on Hicks citizenship ruling expected in early April
The UK Home Office Friday presented oral arguments before the UK High Court in its appeal of the Court’s December decision [JURIST report; JURIST document] to require the British government to register Guantanamo detainee David Hicks as a B (More) |
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Guantanamo military commission hearings to resume
US military commission proceedings against two of a handful of charged prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , originally scheduled to restart Tuesday, have been pushed back to Wednesday in recognition of the the Feast of the Sacrifice, a Muslim holy day. Ca (More) |
Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans
On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps.
Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.
