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Rights group presses for prompt Guantanamo habeas hearings
The US has been slow to conduct habeas corpus hearings for Guantanamo Bay detainees despite a June 2008 US Supreme Court ruling in Boumediene v. Bush [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] mandating prompt hearings, Amnesty Interna (More) |
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Khadr lawyer reinstated by military judge
US military judge Colonel Patrick Parrish ruled Tuesday that Pentagon officials lacked the authority to dismiss Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler as defense counsel for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials, JURIST news arc (More) |
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DC Circuit rules courts cannot prevent transfer of Uighur Guantanamo detainees
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled Tuesday that US courts cannot prevent the government from transferring detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to foreign countries on the grounds that detainees may face prosecution or torture in the for (More) |
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Austria refuses to accept Guantanamo detainees
Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter said Monday that the country would not accept released Guantanamo Bay detainees from the US, according to a report by the Associated Press. Fekter said the detainees could pose a se (More) |
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Red Cross report says Guantanamo doctors violated medical ethics
Medical professionals violated codes of medical ethics by participating in and assisting in ill-treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees, says a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross , made public Monday. The report , which was writte (More) |
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Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek Supreme Court review of detention
A group of 17 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday, asking the Court to order their release. The petition seeks (More) |
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Khadr lawyer reassigned after criticizing lead Pentagon defense lawyer
The US Navy on Friday reassigned Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler , a military lawyer who had been in charge of defending Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials, JURIST news archive], after Kuebler filed a formal compl (More) |
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France to accept one Guantanamo detainee
French President Nicholas Sarkozy [official profile; JURIST news archive] said Friday that his country would accept one Guantanamo Bay detainee in a symbolic effort to aid the closure of the detention center. Sarkozy made the announcement ahead of (More) |
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Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees habeas challenges proceed
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled [opinion, PDF; order, PDF] Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base [official website; GlobalSecurity backgrounder] in Afghanistan can proceed with habe (More) |
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Venezuela president offers to accept Guantanamo detainees
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that Venezuela would be willing to accept detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Chavez made his statements in an interview [El Universal report, in Span (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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