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Federal judge discusses Guantanamo habeas rights with defense lawyers
Chief Justice Royce Lamberth of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held an off-the-record meeting Wednesday with defense lawyers for enemy combatants being held at Guantanamo Bay to discuss court procedures in light of the US Sup (More) |
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Habeas Affirmed: Judicial Review of Detentions after Boumediene
JURIST Guest Columnists Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham and Judge William S. Sessions say that the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush not only restores the delicate balance of power between the three branches of government but ensur (More) |
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Doctors examine ex-detainees, find conditions consistent with abuse claims
Physicians For Human Rights Wednesday released a report [PDF text; executive summary, PDF] saying that abuse and torture claims made by former detainees held by the US in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq are supported by medical examinations p (More) |
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DOD lawyer pushed for harsh detainee interrogations: Senate committee chair
Former DOD General Counsel William "Jim" Haynes encouraged the use of harsh interrogation tactics on terror detainees, US Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) said at a Tuesday committee hearing . Refering to (More) |
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Many Guantanamo, Bagram detainees have no links to terror: McClatchy report
Dozens of accused terror detainees held in US military prisons actually have no ties to terrorism, according to an investigative report published Sunday by McClatchy Newspapers . McClatchy reporters found that many of the 66 former terror detainees (More) |
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Supreme Court Checks and Balances in Boumediene
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that by upholding habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo detainees in Boumediene, the US Supreme Court has fulfilled its constitutional duty to check and balance the other t (More) |
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UK forces alleged to be secretly holding Iraqi prisoners without charge
The British military has held the last two Iraqis in its custody without charge or access to lawyers for five years, similar to US detentions at Guantanamo, lawyers for the men alleged in a report published in the Independent Sunday. Faisal Attiyah (More) |
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Habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo detainees forces executive accountability
Shayana Kadidal [Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights]: "It was in February of 2002 that the Center for Constitutional Rights and our co-counsel brought the first habeas case in federal court on behalf of detainees held at Guantánam (More) |
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Khadr hearing going ahead after Supreme Court ruling: US military judge
A US military commission pre-trial hearing for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] will go ahead Wednesday as planned notwithstanding Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on detainee habeas rights , military j (More) |
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UN rights chief, activists applaud Supreme Court Guantanamo decision
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Thursday commended the US Supreme Court for its ruling [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] that federal courts have jurisdiction to review habeas corpus petitions filed by Guantanamo detainees classif (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.
