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Europe must help US close Guantanamo: UK ex-AG Goldsmith
Former British attorney general Peter Goldsmith on Monday urged [Independent op-ed] the UK and other European states to create an "international coalition" to assist the US in closing the Guantanamo Bay detention (More) |
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Gumshoeing in Kabul: Lessons for US Detention Policy
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Horowitz, Research Director at human rights and public interest investigation firm One World Research, says that notwithstanding the pending closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and all the publicity surroundin (More) |
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Iraq official confirms Guantanamo prisoners transfer
A senior Iraqi official confirmed Monday that four Iraqi prisoners were released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison into Iraqi custody for further interrogation. The anonymous official also confirmed that only one Iraqi citizen remains a pris (More) |
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Military commissions overseer orders charges dropped in last Guantanamo trial
Convening authority of military commissions Susan Crawford [official profile, PDF; JURIST news archive] announced Thursday that the Pentagon has formally dropped charges against suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahimal al-Nashiri [DOD materials; JU (More) |
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China again calls for return of Uighur Guantanamo detainees
China reiterated its request Thursday that all Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, held at Guantanamo Bay be returned to China after the prison's closing. Spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Jiang Yu said that China objects to other count (More) |
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UK foreign minister denies court claim that US threatened to withhold intelligence
UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband told members of Parliament Thursday that the US did not threaten to withhold intelligence if a summary of the alleged torture of Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [Rep (More) |
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Military commissions review court grants government continuance in Jawad case
The US Court of Military Commission Review (USCMCR) on Wednesday granted a government request for a 120-day continuance on an intermediate appeal in its case against Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad [DOD materials; (More) |
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Binyam Mohamed intelligence sharing ruling [UK HC]
The Queen on the Application of Binyam Mohamed v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK High Court of Justice, February 4, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee resolution [European Parliament]
Resolution on the return and resettlement of the Guantanamo detention facility inmates, European Parliament, February 4, 2009, . Read the full text of the resolution . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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UK judges reveal US threatened to withhold intelligence if Guantanamo torture disclosed
The London High Court revealed in a judgment issued Wednesday that the US government threatened to reconsider and possibly end its intelligence-sharing operations with the UK if a summary of the alleged torture of Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mo (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.
