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Federal court stays habeas proceedings for Bagram detainees
A federal court on Monday stayed habeas corpus challenges brought by three detainees held at Bagram Air Base [official website; GlobalSecurity backgrounder] pending appeal. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia gra (More) |
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Federal judge rules Guantanamo documents must be made public
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied the government's motion on Monday to keep sealed unclassified judicial records connected to the imprisonment of Guantanamo Bay detainees. Judge Thomas Hogan ruled that the (More) |
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Khadr seeks dismissal of US military defense lawyers
Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] Monday asked to have his US military lawyers dismissed for arguing and disagreeing among themselves. The disputes among the members of Khadr's US defense team arose fr (More) |
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Guantanamo judicial records ruling [US DC]
In re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Legislation, US District Court for the District of Columbia, June 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.In re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Legislation (More) |
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Australia to consider third US petition to accept Guantanamo detainees
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith confirmed on Friday that Australia is considering the Obama administration's request that Australia accept six of the Uighur Guantanamo detainees who have already been cleared for release. Smit (More) |
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US government urges Supreme Court to reject Uighur detainee appeal
The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court Friday to reject a petition for certiorari [text, PDF; JURIST report] filed by 14 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay seeking their release. Taking the same stance as the Bush administr (More) |
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Economic crisis increasing human rights violations: Amnesty annual report
Amnesty International (AI) Secretary-General Irene Khan said Thursday that the global economic crisis is exacerbating the world's human rights failures, urging governments to "invest in human rights as purposefully as they are investing i (More) |
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Spain high court to hear challenge against terrorism judge Garzon
The Spanish Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will accept a challenge accusing Audiencia Nacional Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] of knowingly giving an unjust verdict or resolution. The decision comes as the resul (More) |
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Tunisia prepared to accept 10 Guantanamo detainees
Tunisian Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari announced Tuesday that the country is prepared to accept the return of 10 Tunisians currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . Tekkari said that Tunisia is capable of conducting fair trials (More) |
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Jordan urged to restore rule of law by ending arbitrary detentions
Jordan should restore its rule of law by ending extrajudicial detentions of crime victims, personal enemies, and persons freed by the courts, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Per the 1954 Crime Prevention Law , w (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.
