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UN human rights expert to observe Guantanamo military commission hearings
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin will attend military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay beginning Wednesday, according to a statement by Scheinin on Tuesday. Scheinin said that the United States invi (More) |
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Retrial of six former Guantanamo detainees begins in France
The retrial of six Frenchmen who were released from the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay began Monday in Paris. The six stand accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan. France freed five of the suspects after the (More) |
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Khadr judge orders military commission witness identities withheld: NYT
US military judge Col. Peter Brownback has issued a blanket order protecting the identities of prosecution witnesses in the military commission trial of Omar Khadr , the New York Times reported Saturday. The order, originally rendered on October 15 (More) |
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Denmark rejects US request to take Guantanamo detainees
Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Moeller said Friday that Denmark has rejected a US request to accept the transfer of several detainees from Guantanamo Bay . Moeller said that the detainees could be potential security risks.Approximately (More) |
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French prosecutor rejects war crimes lawsuit against Rumsfeld
French prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin has dismissed a war crimes claim against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld alleging that Rumsfeld authorized US personnel to torture prisoners in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, according to a lawyer for th (More) |
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Khadr trial could set precedent for prosecution of minors: UN representative
UN Special Representative for the Children and Armed Conflict Unit Radhika Coomaraswamy Tuesday expressed concern about the prosecution of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr , saying that prosecuting Khadr for alleged war crimes committed while he (More) |
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US military says leaked Guantanamo operations manual out-of-date
A US military spokesperson on Wednesday acknowledged that a 238-page operating manual for the US facility at Guantanamo Bay was leaked on the Internet, but said the document is out-of-date and does not reflect current procedures. The manual, titled (More) |
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Tunisia court convicts former Guantanamo Bay detainee on terror charges
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee was convicted by a Tunisian court Wednesday on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization. Abdullah al-Hajji Ben Amor was sentenced to seven years in prison. He was convicted in absentia on the same charges i (More) |
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Supreme Court agrees to hear paralegal fees case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday granted certiorari in Richlin Security Service v. Chertoff (06-1717) [docket; cert. petition, PDF], a case where the Court will consider whether paralegal services can be recove (More) |
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DOD transfers 14 Saudi detainees from Guantanamo Bay
The Saudi Arabian government said Saturday that 14 Saudi detainees have returned home [SPA press release; DOD press release] following their transfers from Guantanamo Bay . Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz said that the ex-detain (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.
