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Federal judge again orders release of Guantanamo force feeding videos
A federal judge who had previously ordered the US to release a series of force-feeding videotapes from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday denied a request by the government to reconsider the order. US District Judge Gladys Kessler stated in her opinion th (More) |
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US President vetoes military defense spending bill
US President Barack Obama on Thursday vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 (NDAA) because military defense spending would exceed caps set under the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the NDAA would restrict the transfer of detainees (More) |
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Germany rights group files criminal complaint against high-ranking CIA official
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) on Monday filed a criminal complaint against a high-ranking CIA official for mistreatment of Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen who was detained and allegedly tortured for four months (More) |
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ACLU sues psychologists over CIA torture program
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two psychologists who devised the torture techniques used on three former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prisoners. The CIA contracted psychologists James Mitchell and Jo (More) |
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Last UK Guantanamo detainee on hunger strike: report
The last remaining British Guantanamo detainee is on a hunger strike, the Daily Mail reported Saturday. Shaker Aamer told the Daily Mail via his lawyer that he is still subject to physical abuse despite reports that he will be released sometime mo (More) |
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Defense Department reviewing Colorado prisons as alternative to Guantanamo Bay
Officials from the US Department of Defense (DOD) said Friday that they are sending teams to review three Colorado prisons as part of President Barack Obama's ongoing efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. Officials plan to visit ADX Florence, (More) |
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Morocco violating State Department assurances for former Guantanamo prisoner: lawyer
A lawyer for former Guantanamo detainee Younous Chekkouri said Thursday that the Moroccan government is not upholding the diplomatic assurances it provided to the US State Department regarding the release of his client, namely that it would not pr (More) |
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Algeria man released from Guantanamo Bay seeks reparations from Inter-American court
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Djamel Ameziane filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) seeking reparations from the US government for human rights violations he alleges that he endured while in custody. Ameziane (More) |
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Guantanamo Bay prisoner to be released to UK
The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress of its plan to release Guantanamo Bay inmate Shaker Aamer to the United Kingdom next month. Aamer, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001, is the final British resident held in the United States (More) |
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Federal appeals court orders release of Sudan funds for USS Cole bombing victims
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ordered the release of Sudanese funds held by New York banks to satisfy a $315 million default judgment in the USS Cole case. The lower court found in 2012 that Sudan had provided "materi (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
