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Guantanamo detainee files rights commission complaint against US
Guantanamo Bay detainee Djamel Ameziane Wednesday filed a complaint [DOC text; press release] against the US with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) [governing statute; official website], alleging that he had been tortured, given (More) |
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Hamdan sentence could mean fewer than six months in prison
Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] was sentenced Thursday to five and a half years in prison following his conviction Wednesday of providing material support for terrorism through his association with Osama bin Laden and othe (More) |
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Hamdan found guilty by Guantanamo military commission jury
The jury in the military commission trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] found Hamdan guilty on Wednesday of providing material support for terrorism, marking the first verdict rendered by a military commission trial at G (More) |
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Guantanamo interviews may have been recorded
Meetings between Guantanamo Bay detainees and representatives of their governments may have been recorded, according to a Tuesday Washington Post report . In 2002 and 2003, the US State Department advised foreign delegations that their meetings wo (More) |
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Khadr lawyer moves for dismissal due to government misconduct
Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], said on Monday that he has filed three separate motions to dismiss the case against his client due to alleged government miscond (More) |
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Jury deliberation begins in Hamdan military commission trial
The prosecution for the military commissions trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] moved Tuesday for the judge to recall the jury and issue new instructions on what constitutes a war crime. Prosecutors said that the instr (More) |
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Guantanamo habeas petition procedures bill introduced in Senate
US Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have introduced a bill [S. 3401 summary, PDF; press release] designed to establish a procedure for all habeas corpus petitions made by Guantanamo detainees. The Enemy Combatant Detention R (More) |
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US military reports over 10,000 Iraq detainees released so far in 2008
The US military said Saturday that it has released over 10,000 Iraqi detainees this past year. Gen. David H. Petraeus was quoted by AP as saying the releases are part of a program to prepare detainees for re-integration into society. Petraeus also (More) |
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Report from Guantánamo: Hamdan trial is a false and unnecessary experiment
Aaron Zisser [Human Rights Fellow, Human Rights First]: "The first week of the first trial at Guantánamo Bay did not seem, at first glance, particularly extraordinary. True, there were some obvious differences between civilian courts and (More) |
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Report from Guantánamo: The US Constitution is on trial
Frank Kendall [volunteer consultant, Human Rights First]: "From July 14 to July 18, I attended several pre-trial motions hearings in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for Salim Hamdan , who is now in his second week of trial before a Military Commiss (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.
