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House panel hears torture allegations by ex-Guantanamo detainee
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz [Amnesty profile; JURIST news archive], a Turkish citizen born in Germany, testified Tuesday before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Ove (More) |
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Guantanamo closure blocked by legal, logistical concerns: Gates
The US has been unable to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay because it has been stymied by legal and practical questions about what to do with the center's detainees, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said at a Senate Appropriations (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee attempted suicide over DOD charges later dropped: lawyer
A Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of involvement in the September 11 attacks attempted to commit suicide last month, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mohammad al-Qahtani , a Saudi Arabian citizen known as the "20th hijacker" for his alleged role (More) |
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Defense lawyers for 9/11 detainees seek to delay arraignments
Military defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay detainees allegedly behind the Sept. 11 attacks are attempting to delay their clients' arraignments, currently scheduled for June 5. They allege the US government has interfered with the def (More) |
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Report from Guantanamo: Mohammed Jawad is another teen growing up in detention
Sahr MuhammedAlly [Senior Associate, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First]: "On March 12, 2008, Mohammed Jawad - an Afghan national who was 16 or 17 years old at the time of his arrest in Kabul in December 2002 - made his first public ap (More) |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed defense lawyers move to dismiss charges
US military defense lawyers filed a motion Friday to dismiss charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the alleged director of the Sept. 11 attacks , and his four co-conspirators. The motion alleges that the charges (More) |
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US to build new prison in Afghanistan
The US plans to build a new military detention facility in Afghanistan as a replacement for its current make-shift prison at Bagram Air Base [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive], the New York Times reported Saturday. The $60-million- (More) |
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US military judge postpones Hamdan military commission trial
A military judge Friday delayed the military commission trial of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] until July. On Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected a bid by Hamdan to (More) |
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US military detained over 2000 minors as illegal enemy combatants since 2002: report
Approximately 2,500 minors under the age of 18 have been detained as illegal enemy combatants by the US military at facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay since 2002, according to a US government report [text, DOC; ACLU press release] m (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee transfers put US in tight spot
Ashley Deeks [International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, and Visiting Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies]: "Last week the Department of Defense confirmed that Abdullah Saleh Ali al Ajmi, a former Guantanamo d (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.
