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Federal judge grants habeas petition of Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday granted a habeas corpus petition filed by Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Yasin Muhammed Basardh, ordering his release from the prison. His detention came under (More) |
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US stays proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo detainee pending transfer
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted a joint motion Monday for a stay of proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ayman Saeed Batarfi, allowing for his eventual transfer. Batarfi, one of (More) |
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US interrogation tactics were torture: former State Department lawyer
Former US State Department (DOS) lawyer Vijay Padmanabhan criticized the administration of former president George W. Bush for approving the use of extreme interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects, in an interview with the Associated P (More) |
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US, Yemen should allow 'meaningful legal process' in Guantanamo repatriation: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sunday for the US and Yemen to agree on a repatriation plan that provides "meaningful legal process" for the nearly 100 Yemeni detainees still at Guantanamo Bay . A new HRW report [PDF; press release] crit (More) |
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Spain judge weighing probe of US lawyers who promoted Guantanamo: reports
Crusading Spanish judge Baltazar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has asked prosecutors to examine the US lawyers reportedly behind the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Spanish media reported Saturday. Garzon's re (More) |
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UK police to investigate MI5 agent role in US detainee alleged abuse
UK Attorney General Janet Scotland said Thursday that police would conduct an investigation into claims that an agent of the country's MI5 intelligence service took part in the allegedly abusive interrogation of former Guantanamo Bay detaine (More) |
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Release of Uyghur detainees in US will prompt only temporary Chinese protest
Alim Seytoff [General Secretary, Uyghur American Association]: "If the United States chooses to accept the Uyghur detainees and resettle them in the US, the only thing China can do is to loudly protest such a decision by the Obama Administration (More) |
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Obama: Guantanamo policies must accord with due process, international law
US President Barack Obama reiterated his position that US policies governing the detention and interrogation of Guantanamo Bay detainees should comport with due process and international law requirements in a Sunday interview with& (More) |
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Uighur Guantanamo detainees seek contempt charge for US defense secretary
Lawyers for five Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay on Friday moved [motion, PDF; similar motion in related case] to have Defense Secretary Robert Gates [official profile; JURIST news archive] held in contempt after failing to have them freed or t (More) |
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Innocent prisoners being held at Guantanamo: ex-Powell aide
Chief of staff to former US secretary of state Colin Powell Lawrence Wilkerson criticized US terrorism detention practices Thursday, saying that authorities were holding innocent civilians as terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. (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.
