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Federal judge blocks transfer of Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia
US District Judge Gladys Kessler of the DC District Court has directly intervened to block the transfer of a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Tunisia, where he faced the threat of torture. In her decision last week, which was not made public until Tuesd (More) |
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Saudi Arabia frees Guantanamo transferees for Eid holiday
Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz announced Saturday that 55 Saudi prisoners recently transferred from Guantanamo Bay back to their home country will be given a temporary release and stipend of $2,600 to celebrate the Mus (More) |
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Second US Army officer asserts bias in Guantanamo detainee tribunals
A second US Army officer who sat on Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) at Guantanamo Bay has made an affidavit criticizing the panels for being inconsistent and biased towards the government. Attorneys for Adel Hassan Hamad [IHT profile; JU (More) |
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Federal judge reinstates Gitmo habeas petitions, restoring detainee access to lawyers
A federal judge Friday overturned his previous ruling dismissing 16 lawsuits challenging the indefinite detention of about 40 terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay , in the process avoiding new limitations on lawyers' access to their clien (More) |
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Top Guantanamo military prosecutor resigns
The top military prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes trials has resigned his post, according to a US Department of Defense (DOD) spokesman Friday. Air Force Col. Moe Davis requested a transfer from Guantanamo after complaining that an office (More) |
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Doctors in the Death Chamber: Where Ethics and the State Collide
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and British human and medical rights activist Dr. David Nicholl, a neurologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, says that the ethical dilemma posed by the continuing involvement of the medical profession in stat (More) |
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UK chief justice tells US lawyers respecting human rights key in anti-terror fight
Nicholas Phillips [official profile; BBC profile], the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, urged Americans to respect human rights and embrace immigrants as a means of fighting international terrorism in an address to the International Law Sect (More) |
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Federal judge grants detainee request for advance notice of transfer
US District Judge Gladys Kessler of the DC District Court has ruled that Haji Rohullah , an Afghan citizen detained by the US military at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, is entitled to 30 days advance notice of any proposed transfer from that faci (More) |
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Guantanamo review tribunal refuses to reconsider Khadr ruling
The US Court of Military Commission Review has denied a motion by Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to reconsider its decision to send Khadr's case back to a military tribunal. The appeals court ruled [PDF text; JURIST report] last month (More) |
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Khadr lawyers urge review tribunal to reconsider reinstatement of charges
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr asked the US Court of Military Commission Review Monday to reconsider last month's decision [PDF text; JURIST report] reinstating charges against Khadr. In June, military judge Col. Peter Brownbac (More) |
France resumes nuclear testing in Polynesia
On June 13, 1995, France announced that it would resume nuclear testing in French Polynesia. France signed in 1996 signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, after widespread protests ensued following the resumed tests.
