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Obama to order Guantanamo closure in first week: AP
Advisers to US President-elect Barack Obama said Monday that he plans to issue an executive order during his first week in office closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, according to a report by the Associated Press. The report comes after Obama s (More) |
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Obama not ruling out prosecution of Bush officials for human rights violations
US President-elect Barack Obama [transition website; JURIST news archive] said during an interview broadcast Sunday that he has not ruled out prosecuting officials for rights abuses committed under the Bush administration. Asked whether he would ap (More) |
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DC Circuit rejects 'enemy combatant' status review in favor of habeas remedy
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on rehearing Friday that it had no jurisdiction over Guantanamo detainees' petitions for subject-matter review of "enemy combatant" status decisions by Combatant Statu (More) |
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Enemy combatant status review ruling [DC Circuit]
Haji Bismullah, Haji Mohammad Wali v. Robert M. Gates, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 9, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal judge allows habeas petitions to proceed until military commissions referral
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted the government's motion to hold in abeyance the habeas corpus petitions of two Guantanamo Bay detainees, but only if and when the charges against the pair are r (More) |
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France court begins trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
A Paris court on Monday began a trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , for his alleged involvement in a suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue located in (More) |
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Second Circuit rules DOD may withhold documents relating to detainee abuse
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ruled that the US Department of Defense (DOD) may withhold from the Associated Press (AP) certain documents relating to investigations of detainee abuse at the Guantanamo Bay military pri (More) |
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UN torture investigator calls on countries to accept Guantanamo detainees
UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday said more countries around the world should accept released Guantanamo Bay detainees so (More) |
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DOD detainee documents release ruling [2nd Circuit]
Associated Press v. US Department of Defense, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 5, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Australia officially rejects US request to accept Guantanamo detainees
Australian acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Saturday officially announced Australia's rejection of a US request to accept foreign Guantanamo detainees. This was the second request by the Bush administration regarding Australia's accep (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.
