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UK government files appeal against Hicks citizenship ruling
The British government Tuesday filed an anticipated appeal challenging a recent High Court decision [JURIST report; JURIST document] that Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks is entitled to British citizenship. Hick's lawyers want citize (More) |
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UK to appeal Hicks citizenship ruling as Pentagon proceeds with trial preparations
The British government has announced that it will appeal a High Court ruling earlier this week that found Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] eligible for British citizenship. Hicks, whose mother is Br (More) |
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Hicks UK citizenship ruling [UK HC]
Hicks v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court, Mr. Justice Collins, December 13, 2005 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's P (More) |
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UK court says Australian Gitmo detainee should receive UK citizenship
The UK High Court on Tuesday ruled that David Hicks [advocacy website; JURIST news archive], the Australian detained at Guantanamo Bay for over three years, should be registered as a British citizen. Hicks, whose mother was born in Britain, has pe (More) |
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Military trials set for Canadian, Yemeni Guantanamo detainees
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that military commission trials for two foreign Guantanamo prisoners will begin with plea hearings on January 10 at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility without waiting for the US Supreme Court to decide the legality (More) |
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Pentagon moves forward with military trial of Canadian teenage terror suspect
The US Department of Defense said Thursday that it plans to move forward in the trial against a 19-year old Canadian citizen who was charged [charge sheet, PDF; JURIST report] last month with murdering a US Army medic, despite the judicial stays is (More) |
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Hicks military commission trial stay ruling [US DC]
David M. Hicks v. George W. Bush, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, November 14, 2005 [staying the military commission trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks until the US Supreme Cou (More) |
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Australian Gitmo detainee military trial delayed
The military commission trial of Australian David Hicks , who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for more than 3 1/2 years, was postponed on Monday by a US district judge until the US Supreme Court rules on the legality of such military tribun (More) |
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Gonzales promises fair trial for Australian Gitmo detainee
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales promised his Australian counterpart Philip Ruddock Monday that Australian terror suspect David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] would receive a fair trial before a military commission , but refused to giv (More) |
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Pentagon rejects expert testimony for Australian Guantanamo prisoner
The Pentagon has refused to allow expert witnesses to testify at the upcoming military commission hearing for Australian terror suspect David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website; JURIST news archive], a decision that his US military lawyer says in (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.
