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Report from Guantanamo: prisoner calls prosecution unjust, refuses representation
Sahr MuhammedAlly [Senior Associate, Human Rights First]: "On March 12, 2008, Mohammed Jawad , a twenty-three year old Afghan prisoner, announced to the military commission judge that he has "been brought here illegally." Jawad is accu (More) |
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ACLU sues for full hearing transcripts for 14 'high-value' Guantanamo detainees
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Thursday seeking to compel the US government to release unredacted transcripts of military hearings conducted at Guantanamo Bay in early 2007 for 14 "hi (More) |
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US military judge orders disclosure of US-Canada correspondence on Khadr
A US military judge ruled Thursday that some correspondence between the US and Canadian government officials regarding Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] must be turned over to Khadr's defense team. Prosecutors a (More) |
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DOD investigation uncovers at least 50 videotaped terror interrogations: NYT
An ongoing Pentagon investigation into the videotaping of terror suspect interrogations has uncovered at least 50 videotaped interrogations, the New York Times reported Thursday. Most of the videotaped interrogations involved two terror detainees, J (More) |
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China slams US rights record in response to US State Department report
The Chinese State Council said Thursday that a US Department of State report critical of the Chinese human rights record is hypocritical given the number of human rights problems in the US. In a report entitled the Human Rights Record of the United (More) |
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Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with supporting terrorism
Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Kamin was charged [PDF text; DOD press release] Wednesday with providing material support to terrorism. In its announcement of the sworn charges, the US Defense Department said:The charges allege that between (More) |
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Mohammed Kamin Guantanamo charges [US DOD]
Charge Sheet: Mohammed Kamin, US Department of Defense, March 12, 2008 . Read the full text of the Kamin charges as sworn. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Guantanamo Bay detainee asks to boycott trial at preliminary hearing
An Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee alleged that he has been mistreated in custody and asked to boycott his upcoming trial at his first pretrial hearing before a military commission Wednesday. Mohammed Jawad is charged with attempted murder and in (More) |
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Military commissions undermined by 'evidence tainted by torture': rights group
The legitimacy of military commissions of Guantanamo Bay detainees will be undermined by "the admission of evidence tainted by torture," according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Monday by Human Rights First . The report cit (More) |
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The Torture of Sami Al Arian
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law, attorney on appeal for Dr. Sami Al Arian, says that the treatment accorded the acquitted but still detained academic Palestinian activist from Tampa - now on hunger strike and (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.
