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Ex-Guantanamo military prosecutor claims he was pressured for closed trials
The former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay , Col. Morris D. Davis , told the New York Times Friday that he was pressured to use classified evidence against defendants in closed war crimes trials for detainees. In the interview, Davis sai (More) |
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Khadr case illustrates flaws in military commissions
Gabor Rona [International Legal Director, Human Rights First]: "I previously commented on JURIST about the flaws in the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review's recent decision to reinstate the Guantanamo Military Commission proceedings ag (More) |
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UK lawmakers investigating allegations of CIA prison on UK Indian Ocean island
UK lawmakers will investigate whether the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has secretly held terror suspects on a sovereign British territory in the Indian Ocean, the Guardian reported Friday. The House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee (More) |
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US moves up in annual world press freedom index
The United States has gained ground as a country protecting press freedom, according to the sixth annual Worldwide Index of Freedom issued Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) . RWB listed Eritrea, North Korea, and Turkmenistan at the bottom (More) |
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US military counsel violating Guantanamo client's rights: Canadian Khadr lawyer
Dennis Edney : "You may not be aware that Omar Khadr has, verbally and in writing, asserted his right to be represented by his Canadian counsel and not to be represented by any U.S. military counsel. The Military Commission rules provide for a m (More) |
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US military judge says Khadr terror trial should resume despite appeal
US military judge Col. Peter Brownback on Monday said that military commission proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr would resume November 8. Brownback's ruling comes despite Khadr's appeal challenging the earlier (More) |
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Tunisia criticizes US decision blocking Guantanamo detainee transfer
The Tunisian government Thursday condemned torture as "reprehensible," criticizing US District Judge Gladys Kessler for blocking the transfer of a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Tunisia because he faced a threat of torture. In her decision l (More) |
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US military reviewing CSRT status hearings for Guantanamo Bay detainees
The US military is reviewing its classification of hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, according to the Associated Press Thursday. The review could allow for new hearings for inmates who were classified as "enemy combat (More) |
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US under Bush has 'abandoned the basic principles of human rights': Carter
Former US President Jimmy Carter [official profile; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that under the Bush administration the United States "for the first time in my lifetime has abandoned the basic principles of human rights". He told CN (More) |
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Khadr asks federal court to review ruling on military commission charges
Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, challenging the US Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) decision to send Khadr's case back to a military tribunal, Khadr's l (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.
