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Five percent of Guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorism: Pentagon
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it has evidence that confirms that 27 released Guantanamo Bay detainees have engaged in combat or terrorism against the US. The evidence, implicating five percent of ex-detainees, includes "fingerprints, DNA, and (More) |
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US military lawyers petition Afghan court to seek release of Guantanamo detainee
US military lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad [ACLU materials, JURIST news archive] asked the Supreme Court of Afghanistan Monday to demand his release from the facility. The lawyers have petitioned the Afghan high court because t (More) |
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Cheney defends Bush-era interrogation policies as lawful and necessary
Former US vice president Dick Cheney [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Thursday defended national security policies of the Bush administration. Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) , Cheney criticized many of the security policie (More) |
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US embassy bombing suspect to be tried in federal court
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that accused bomber and Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani will be prosecuted in a US federal court for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzani (More) |
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Obama defends Guantanamo closure plan, urges commitment to rule of law
US President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility while upholding the rule of law by trying some detainees in federal courts and others in modified military commissions . In a speech f (More) |
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FBI director says releasing Guantanamo detainees into US could harm national security
FBI Director Robert Mueller [official profile; JURIST news archive] told the US House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US could pose a threat to national security, even if they remain in maximum se (More) |
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Spain congress urges limits to universal jurisdiction claims
Spain's Congress of Deputies , the lower house of the Spanish parliament, passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday aimed at limiting the exercise of universal jurisdiction over foreign nations in Spanish courts to those cases in which there is n (More) |
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Military judge grants government motion to delay Guantanamo case
A US military judge on Tuesday granted a government motion to postpone hearings for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi . Chief judge for military commissions Colonel James Pohl granted the government's motion for (More) |
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Senate passes amendment delaying Guantanamo closure funds
Members of the US Senate on Tuesday voted 90-6 to approve an amendment eliminating $80 million from pending legislation intended to fund the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Introduced by Senate Appropriations Committee chairman (More) |
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Federal judge rejects new government standard for Guantanamo reviews
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday on the limits of detaining terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay who are not actual members of terrorist groups under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military F (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.
