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Hamdan lawyers seek to bar use of statements allegedly obtained by torture
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Friday asked a military tribunal to bar the use of statements made by Hamdan that were allegedly obtained through the use of torture and requested that th (More) |
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DOJ defends detention of Uighur at Guantanamo
Lawyers for the US Department of Justice defended the six-year detention of Huzaifa Parhat, a Chinese Uighur Muslim, at Guantanamo Bay in oral arguments before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Friday. The US claims Parhat is an "en (More) |
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Law groups to underwrite defense of 'high value' Guantanamo detainees
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers announced in a joint statement Thursday that they have teamed up to provide experienced defense attorneys to defend seven or more specific detainees (More) |
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DOD to charge UK resident held at Guantanamo Bay: NYT
The US Department of Defense (DOD) plans to file unspecified terrorism-related charges against one of two UK residents still remaining at Guantanamo Bay, US and British officials told the New York Times Wednesday. UK officials have reportedly obje (More) |
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Khadr defense urges federal appeals court to reverse juvenile 'enemy combatant' ruling
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] have asked the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to reverse a military Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) determination that their client is an "enemy (More) |
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DOJ memo advised military that interrogations not limited by criminal law
The US Department of Justice advised the US Department of Defense in 2003 that military interrogators could employ a wide range of interrogation methods when questioning foreign detainees outside the United States without fear of criminal liability (More) |
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Kurnaz detention shows shortcomings of Guantanamo justice system
Asim Qureshi [Senior Researcher, Cageprisoners]: "Two weeks after the 11th September 2001 attacks, Nihad Karsic and Almin Hardaus were kidnapped off the streets of Bosnia and flown in helicopters to a US base where they were held in a shipping c (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks gag order expires
A gag order precluding former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks from speaking to the media expired on Sunday, but Hicks is reportedly "not interested at the moment" in speaking publicly about his detention. Hicks had agreed not to speak (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee charged in 1998 US African embassy attacks
The US Department of Defense Monday charged [DOD press release; charge sheet, PDF] Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani with several terrorism-related counts under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 stemming from his alleged involveme (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee describes torture allegations
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz [Amnesty profile; JURIST news archive], a Turkish citizen born in Germany, detailed his allegations that he was tortured while in US custody in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay in a new interview to air (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.
