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Federal court denies military contractor motion to dismiss Abu Ghraib torture suit
A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in an order made public Thursday that defense contractor CACI International is not immune from a lawsuit brought by Abu Ghraib torture victims, denying CACI's motion (More) |
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Uighur Guantanamo detainees may be released into US: Holder
US Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Wednesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will consider accepting in the US the 17 Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared for release. The DOJ is still exploring where to transfer (More) |
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UK to publish detainee interrogation guidelines
The UK will publish the guidance it gives to intelligence officers for questioning suspects overseas, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told parliament in a written statement Wednesday. Restating the UK's unequivocal condemnation of torture, Brown s (More) |
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Obama Administration's detention authority must incorporate law of non-international armed conflict
Gabor Rona [International Legal Director, Human Rights First]: "Last Friday, the Obama administration for the first time articulated in court its vision of authority to detain persons who are now being held at Guantanamo. The government's b (More) |
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Rights group welcomes rehearing denial in detainee photo case
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday hailed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit not to revisit an earlier decision requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to disclose photographs of alleged detainee abu (More) |
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EU leaders discuss Guantanamo detainee transfer details with US officials
Top officials from the Obama administration met with leaders from the European Union (EU) [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday to discuss plans to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to European countries. US Attorney General Eric Hold (More) |
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Obama DOJ drops 'enemy combatant' classification, narrows scope of detention
The US Department of Justice dropped the term "enemy combatant" from its legal lexicon Friday while limiting the range of persons eligible to be held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Summarizing a memo submitted to the US Dis (More) |
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UN rapporteur warns rights council on US 'war on terror' policies
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday cited the case of Canadian citizen and former US detainee Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] in presenting (More) |
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Federal judge grants Guantanamo detainee request to dismiss suit challenging detention
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ghassan Abdullah al-Sharbi that challenged his confinement based on a request from al-Sharbi himself. According to al-S (More) |
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Guantanamo ex-detainee claims memos show UK involved in alleged torture
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] claimed in Sunday media reports that documents sent from MI5 to the CIA show that the British intelligence agency was involved with his alleged torture in Morocco . (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.
