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Guantanamo Bay detainee dies of cancer
Suspected Afghan terrorist Abdul Razzak died of colorectal cancer Sunday while in US custody at Guantanamo Bay . Razzak had been receiving chemotherapy treatment since October after being diagnosed with cancer and is the first detainee to die of na (More) |
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DOD transfers 10 Saudi detainees from Guantanamo Bay
The Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry confirmed Saturday that 10 Saudi detainees released from Guantanamo Bay have returned home. With the latest release, roughly 275 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay , approximately 60 of whom have been cleared fo (More) |
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Hicks release statement [Australia]
Statement by David Hicks, December 29, 2008 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks released from Australian prison
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks was released from an Australian prison Saturday. In an statement read by his lawyer, Hicks asked the media and public to respect his agreement not to speak on a range of issues before March 30, 2008, a co (More) |
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Latest charged Guantanamo detainee is brother-in-law of 9/11 hijacker: DOD
The US Department of Defense said Friday that newly charged Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi is the brother-in-law of Khalid al Mihdhar , one of the 9/11 hijackers. Mihdhar was on American Airlines Flight 77 , the pla (More) |
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Federal judge weighs inquiry into CIA destruction of interrogation videos
US District Judge Henry H. Kennedy on Friday considered the merits of opening a judicial inquiry into whether the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects violated a 2005 court order. During a hearing to con (More) |
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Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with conspiracy, supporting terrorism
Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay filed charges Thursday against Saudi detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi was for his alleged role in a plan to bomb a ship off the coast of Yemen or in the Strait of Hormuz. Al Darbi is charged with wi (More) |
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Australia court imposes control order on ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks
An Australian judge issued an interim control order Friday, placing restrictions on former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks when he is released from an Australian prison on December 29. Under the terms of the control order, Hicks will not be all (More) |
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US military judge rejects Hamdan POW status, allows military commission trial
US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled Wednesday that military commission proceedings against Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] can proceed, denying a defense motion to dismiss for lack of juri (More) |
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White House drops bid to control JAG promotions: Boston Globe
The Bush administration is abandoning a plan to give political appointees in the Defense Department a role in the promotion of military lawyers [Boston Globe report; JURIST report] working as members of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, the Bo (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.
