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US judge rejects delay of first military commission hearing since suspension order
Military judge Colonel James Pohl has rejected a motion to delay a military commission hearing for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi , according to a Sunday report by the Miami Herald. The hearing, scheduled for May (More) |
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Lawyers who authorized torture 'disgraced profession': JFK counsel Sorensen
Ted Sorensen, former special counsel to US President John F. Kennedy, said in a commencement address [Lincoln Journal Star report] at the University of Nebraska College of Law Saturday that lawyers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) who authoriz (More) |
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Canada government to appeal ruling mandating efforts to repatriate Khadr
An official for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Friday confirmed the government’s intention to appeal a Federal Court ruling [text; JURIST report] directing the government to firmly push for the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo (More) |
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No Torture, No Prosecution
JURIST Contributing Editor Jeffrey Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law, formerly a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, says that even the worst of the authorized CIA interrogation techniques do not co (More) |
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House Republicans propose bill to let states refuse to take Guantanamo detainees
Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives on Thursday announced the "Keep Terrorists Out of America Act," which would require approval from a state's governor and legislature before Guantanamo Bay detainees could be tran (More) |
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France to take Algerian Guantanamo detainee
The French government on Wednesday confirmed that it will accept Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene after his release from the detention center. Boumediene was the named plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush [o (More) |
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UK court to reconsider redacting ex-Guantanamo detainee ruling
London High Court judges Lord Justice Thomas and Mr. Justice Lloyd Jones agreed Wednesday to reconsider a February decision to redact information from a ruling about former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile; JURIST news arch (More) |
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Spain judge seeks Guantanamo 'torture' prosecution plan from US
A Spanish judge has said that he will ask the US if it plans to prosecute six US officials for allegedly contributing to torture at Guantanamo Bay before deciding whether to open an investigation in Spain. Judge Eloy Velasco of Spain's Audienci (More) |
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US defense secretary considering sending Yemeni Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Wednesday that the US is considering sending Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation as part of the efforts to close the prison facility. Gates told reporters in Saudi Arabia th (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Judge Gladys Kessler of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Monday the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed. Ahmed has been held in Guantanamo for seven years after he was picked up in a al Qaeda (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.
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