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DOD transfers 15 detainees from Guantanamo Bay
The US Defense Department said Wednesday that 15 detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay , bringing the total number of detainees released from the US detention facility to approximately 485. Thirteen detainees were transferred to Afgha (More) |
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UN rights expert 'concerned' about judicial safeguards at Guantanamo hearings
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" over the "lack of judicial guarantees and fair trial procedures" for detai (More) |
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Waterboarding evidence may be admissible in Guantanamo trials: legal advisor
The legal advisor to the Convening Authority for Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay testified before members of Congress Tuesday that evidence gathered from interrogation techniques such as waterboarding may be admissible during military comm (More) |
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US ordered to preserve evidence in terror suspect 'state-sanctioned torture' claim
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted a motion Tuesday compelling the US government to preserve all evidence of torture against Majid Khan , the first "high-value" Guantanamo Bay detainee to be allowed to meet priv (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee alleges CIA has torture photos
A former Guantanamo detainee who alleges he was tortured when the CIA handed him over to Moroccan interrogators has asked the UK government to ensure that photographic evidence of his torture is preserved, according to Tuesday reports. Ethiopian Bin (More) |
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Terror detentions without trial 'huge blot on democracy': Tutu
South African Archbishop and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu Monday criticized the United States and Great Britain for detaining terror suspects without trial, describing the practice as "a huge blot on democracy". He expressed surprise at th (More) |
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Federal judge asked to probe CIA destruction of interrogation videos
Lawyers for several detainees at Guantanamo Bay filed an emergency motion Sunday asking a federal judge to look into the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the interrogations of terror suspects. CIA Director Michael Hayden acknowledged l (More) |
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Terror suspect subjected to 'state-sanctioned torture' while held by CIA: lawyer
A lawyer for the first "high-value" Guantanamo Bay detainee to be allowed to meet privately with attorneys told AP Saturday that his client had been "subjected to state-sanctioned torture" in secret overseas CIA prisons. J. Wells (More) |
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DOJ, CIA to investigate destroyed interrogation videos
The US Department of Justice and the CIA Inspector General announced Saturday they will conduct a joint preliminary investigation into the destruction of videotaped recordings of two terror suspects in 2005, which could then lead to a full investig (More) |
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DOJ lawyers warned CIA against destruction of 'harsh interrogation' tapes: NYT
US Department of Justice lawyers advised the CIA's general counsel in 2003 not to destroy videotapes showing the "harsh interrogations" of high-value terror detainees Abu Zubaydah [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and Abd al-Rahim al- (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.
