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Report from Guantanamo: A need for prosecutorial discretion
Anthony S. Barkow [voluntary consultant, Human Rights First]: "The fair administration of criminal justice requires prosecutors to exercise their power and discretion to do justice and defense lawyers who are zealous and effective. I was in Gua (More) |
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China renews demand for US to return Uighur detainees
The Chinese Foreign Ministry again demanded Thursday that the United States repatriate 17 Uighur detainees that a US district judge has ordered to be released from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . During a press conference , Foreign Minist (More) |
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DC Circuit stays Uighurs release from Guantanamo
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Wednesday issued a temporary stay of a district court order requiring the federal government to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . A three-judg (More) |
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DOJ asks DC Circuit to stay order releasing Uighurs from Guantanamo
Attorneys for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion [PDF text; press release] in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Tuesday seeking to delay the transfer of 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at (More) |
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Federal judge orders Uighurs released from Guantanamo
A US district judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , ruling that the Constitution forbids their indefinite detention without cause. In a ruling read from the bench, (More) |
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Case against Guantanamo detainee for US embassy bombings now non-capital
The US Department of Defense Friday announced the referral of nine terrorism-related charges against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani , who is accused of involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania . Ghailani, wh (More) |
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International legal groups renew call for Khadr transfer to Canada
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) joined with Lawyers Without Borders and six other international legal organizations on Tuesday to call for the return of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], in the latest attempt (More) |
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Parliamentary panel gives legal opinion on UK participation in CIA extraordinary renditions
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition (APPG) released a legal opinion on Monday which examines UK governmental liability under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the UK Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) for its p (More) |
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US military commissions prosecutor resigns due to 'ethical qualms'
A US military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay filed a declaration with the US military commissions [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] Wednesday stating that he is resigning because of ethical concerns. Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld said potentially (More) |
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Chief judge of US military commissions retiring in April
US Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann , chief judge of US military commissions [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], said Tuesday at a pretrial hearing for five suspects in the September 11 attacks that he is scheduled to retire next April. During voir dir (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.
