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US military prosecutors filing new charges against so-called '20th hijacker'
US Army prosecutors said Wednesday they would be filing new charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani , a Saudi Arabian citizen being held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Al-Qahtani is known as the "20th hijacker" for his alleged r (More) |
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US Navy defense lawyer allowed access to restricted Guantanamo camp
Navy defense attorney Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier was given rare access [Miami Herald report] on Wednesday to Camp Seven [Miami Herald backgrounder], a special Guantanamo camp for alleged al Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees&qu (More) |
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A National Security Court: Restoring the Balance Between Security and Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist Amos Guiora of the University of Utah College of Law says that creation of a special US domestic court to try terrorism suspects need not be an exercise in "rights denial" but can in fact be a practical, rights-based (More) |
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Guantanamo testimonials project forces revised Pentagon count of juvenile detainees
Dr. Almerindo Ojeda : "The UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA) recently posted an analysis of miltary and diplomatic testimonies showing that the State Department had underreported, to the United Nations, the nu (More) |
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Former senior UK judge says Iraq invasion violated international law
The UK's former senior law lord Thomas Bingham [Times profile] on Monday criticized official UK legal justifications given for the 2003 US and UK invasion of Iraq, saying it was "a serious violation of international law and of the rule of (More) |
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Obama administration not likely to charge harsh interrogators: report
Officials from the administration of US president-elect Barack Obama will likely not prosecute Americans who approved or actually carried out the torture or other harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, according to an AP report published Monda (More) |
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Chief US military commissions judge announces immediate retirement
US Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann announced Monday that his retirement from the post of chief judge of US military commissions [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] will be effective immediately. Kohlmann initially announced his retirement in September (More) |
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Obama picks former Clinton impeachment lawyer to be White House counsel
US president-elect Barack Obama has reportedly selected [Washington Post report] Gregory Craig to serve as White House counsel. Craig, who was an adviser to Obama during the presidential campaign, led former President Bill Clinton's defense du (More) |
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Obama should create independent commission to investigate detainee abuse
Joanne Mariner [Director, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program, Human Rights Watch]: "In their sobering report, Guantanamo and Its Aftermath , researchers at the University of California, Berkeley - working in partnership with the Center for C (More) |
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Rights group urges Obama to denounce 'abusive' counterterrorism policies
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that upon inauguration US president-elect Barack Obama should immediately denounce the previous administration's "abusive" counterterrorism policies in order to bring US practices into accordance (More) |
Congress passed Roosevelt's New Deal legislation
On June 16, 1935, Congress passed President Roosevelt's "New Deal" legislation to start a recovery program from Great Depression.
Learn more about FDR and the New Deal from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
