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Three Guantanamo detainees repatriated to Saudi Arabia
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that three Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Saudi Arabia, their country of origin, where they will undergo judicial review and rehabilitation. Khalid Saad Mohammed, Abdalaziz Ka (More) |
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DOJ seeks state secrets case rehearing
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief Friday to petition the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to rehear a state secrets privilege case en banc. A three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit previously ruled [opinion, PDF; JURIST (More) |
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Bermuda decision to take Uighurs beyond territorial powers: UK
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Thursday criticized Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown for failing to consult with London before agreeing to accept four Uighur Guantanamo detainees . Bermuda is a UK territory, and although it is self-gove (More) |
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Four Uighur Guantanamo detainees transferred to Bermuda
Four Uighurs held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been released from US custody Thursday and transferred to Bermuda . The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that the four detainees had been cleared for release by the interagency (More) |
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Palau offer to accept Uighur detainees not motivated by Chinese reaction: report
Palau President Johnson Toribiong told the Associated Press Thursday that his offer to accept 17 Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay was motivated by human rights concerns and not by the Chinese government's reaction. The Palau government (More) |
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Resettling Guantanamo Detainees: Reluctance and Responsibility
JURIST Guest Columnist Don Rothwell of Australian National University College of Law says that until the United States is prepared to acknowledge that it has a continuing responsibility for some of the Guantanamo detainees once they have been release (More) |
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Palau offers to accept Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Palau President Johnson Toribiong has said that his country is willing to accept 17 Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay , according to a statement provided to the Associated Press Wednesday. A senior US official said later Wednesday that the US (More) |
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Europe rights commissioner urges countries to welcome Guantanamo detainees
Council of Europe (COE) Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg on Tuesday sent a letter to all member states urging them to welcome certain released Guantanamo Bay detainees. The letter, addressed to all 47 COE member states, called on the (More) |
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Guantanamo ex-detainee pleads not guilty to US embassy bombings
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to allegations of involvement in the 1998 bombings of US embassies [PBS backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in Tanzania and Kenya. The plea was delivered during his initial (More) |
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Senate judiciary subcommittee urged to reject 'prolonged detention' policy
The US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday heard testimony [materials; video] regarding the "legal, moral and national security impact" of long-term, indefinite detention without trial of terrorism (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.
