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Guantanamo detainee transferred to US for prosecution in embassy bombings
A Guantanamo Bay detainee was transferred to New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges for his alleged terrorist activities, marking the first time a detainee from the facility has been brought to the US for prosecution. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani (More) |
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CIA director says release of interrogation documents would harm national security
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta said Monday that the release of agency documents describing detainee interrogations would damage national security . In an affidavit filed with the US District Court for the Southern D (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee at center of Supreme Court case alleges torture
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee at the center of a landmark Supreme Court case Lakhdar Boumediene [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] said in an interview with ABC News released Monday that he was tortured by American personnel at the detention faci (More) |
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Canada's refusal to accept Guantanamo Uyghurs reflects weakness in relationship with China
Mehmet Tohti [Former Vice President, World Uyghur Congress]: "Kory Teneycke, spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told the Associated Free Press that "Canada is not looking to take any detainees from Guantánamo...In the case (More) |
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Interrogation e-mails [US DOJ]
Internal e-mails, US Department of Justice, made public June 6, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Internal DOJ e-mails (More) |
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Canada refuses US request to accept Uighur Guantanamo detainees
The Canadian government on Thursday refused a US request to accept Chinese Uighur Muslims from Guantanamo Bay . A spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper affirmed that the Canadian government is not willing to take detainees from the detention (More) |
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House subcommittee denies Guantanamo closure funds to DOJ
The US House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Thursday denied the $60 million requested by President Barack Obama for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by approving a d (More) |
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EU council agrees on policies for accepting Guantanamo detainees
The Council of the European Union agreed Thursday on parameters for the acceptance of released Guantanamo Bay detainees by European Union (EU) member states. The council concluded that those member states that are willing to receive released det (More) |
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Yemeni Guantanamo detainee dies in apparent suicide
A Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee has been pronounced dead by military officials who believe that he committed suicide, according to Wednesday reports. Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, also known as al Hanashi, was accused of fighting with the Taliba (More) |
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Rights groups urge Spain to continue universal jurisdiction policy
Human rights groups on Tuesday called for the Spanish government to continue prosecuting those who violate international law under the principle of universal jurisdiction , sending a manifesto to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (More) |
Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in
On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.
Learn more about the Watergate scandal.
