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Federal appeals court dismisses torture lawsuit by ex-Guantanamo detainees
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that four former Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to sue high-ranking government officials for alleged torture and infringement of religious practice during th (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks wants prison closed: father
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks wants the US to close the Cuba-based detention center, Hicks' father told a rally in Australia Friday. Hicks fears that the remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay will be held indefinitely without char (More) |
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Abu Ghraib officer says abuse investigation was incomplete
US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan [CBS profile; JURIST news archive], whose conviction relating to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal was thrown out earlier this week, told AP Thursday that the investigation into the scandal did not adequately sc (More) |
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Ex-CIA official who ordered destruction of interrogation videos wants immunity for testimony
Jose Rodriguez, the former head of the US CIA's clandestine branch who ordered the destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects , has told Congress that he will not testify about the videotapes without a grant of immuni (More) |
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Federal judge rejects inquiry into CIA destruction of interrogation videos
US District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. Wednesday refused to order an inquiry into the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects . In denying the motion brought by lawyers for a number of Guantanamo Bay (More) |
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UK residents released from Guantanamo fight extradition to Spain
A lawyer for two UK residents formerly held by the US at the Guantanamo Bay prison argued in a British court Wednesday that they should not be extradited to Spain to face terror charges. Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes face transfer to that countr (More) |
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Tunisia appeals court affirms terror conviction of former Guantanamo detainee
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted in Tunisia of criminal association lost an appeal Tuesday in a Tunis court. Lotfi Lagha , who was transferred to Tunisian custody in June 2007 after five years at Guantanamo Bay, was sentenced to three ye (More) |
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More Guantanamo transfers: a step towards closing the prison?
Chip Pitts [President, Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Lecturer, Stanford Law School]: "The recent transfer home from Guantanamo of ten more Saudi prisoners (and reports from Qatar News Agency that more of the final 13 Saudis may soon follow) (More) |
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Padilla sues law professor who helped frame Bush 'torture' policy
Convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla Friday filed suit [complaint, PDF; press release, DOC] in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against University of California Berkeley law professor John Yoo , the author of co (More) |
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Federal appeals court stays Guantanamo detainee transfer to Algeria
A US federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha to his home country of Algeria while it considers Belbacha's request for a permanent bar against the transfer. Belbacha has been cle (More) |
Catholic Church abolishes index of prohibited books
On June 14, 1966, the Roman Catholic Church abolished the Index Librorum Prohibitum (index of prohibited books). The list was first published in 1559 to ban books that the Church considered immoral or contradictory to Church teachings.
Search a database of the Index Librorum Prohibitum.
