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US delaying payment to Guantanamo lawyers: ACLU
The US government is preventing the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from paying lawyers defending Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects on trial before US military commissions , ACLU director Anthony Romero said Tuesday. Lawyers for the group' (More) |
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UK Commons committee deplores 'false' US assurances on Diego Garcia renditions
The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Sunday called "deplorable" what it termed "false US assurances" about rendition flights through the UK Indian Ocean territory of Diego Garcia and said the "failure of the Un (More) |
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White House claims top court ruling could lead to 'dangerous detainees' released in US
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said Thursday that the administration is still working to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center , but suggested that a recent US Supreme Court decision could lead to the release of "dangerous detaine (More) |
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Yemen officials discuss transfer of Guantanamo detainees with US
Yemeni officials met with a visiting US delegation Thursday to discuss the possible transfer of Yemeni detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay . A major impediment to the negotiated release and repatriation of Yemeni detainees - who make up the large (More) |
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Federal court assigns judges to Guantanamo cases
The US District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday chose [resolution, PDF; press release, PDF] Judge Thomas Hogan to preside over the habeas corpus appeals of Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking to challenge their detention in federal court (More) |
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Two Guantanamo detainees to be transferred to Algeria
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Wednesday that it will transfer two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria. The unnamed individuals are among the more than 65 Guantanamo detainees that government officials have declared eligible for transfer (More) |
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Ruling released on Uighur enemy combatant status at Guantanamo
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Monday released declassified portions of last month's decision that a US Combatant Status Review Tribunal had improperly designated a Chinese Uighur Muslim detained at Guantana (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee charged with USS Cole bombing
US Department of Defense prosecutors announced Monday they had filed charges related to the 2000 al Qaeda attack [US DOD inquiry report; JURIST news archive] on the USS Cole against Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri . Al-Nashiri, a (More) |
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US should expedite Guantanamo closure: European investigator
The United States should set a concrete deadline for closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to a Monday report by an investigator from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) . (More) |
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Canada court orders release of Khadr classified information
A Canadian Federal Court judge ruled Wednesday that the government must release evidence to Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] that could assist in his defense. The decision followed last month's Suprem (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.
