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UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay already cleared for release: Pentagon
The US Department of Defense has cleared for release one of the Guantanamo Bay detainees who was a legal resident in the UK before his detention, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Sandy Hodgkinson said Thursday. The US has (More) |
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Six more detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay
Six more detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay , the US Defense Department said Thursday. According to the DOD announcement , five detainees were transferred to Afghanistan and one was transferred to Bahrain [Reuters report; BNA report (More) |
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DOD says 14 'high-value' Guantanamo detainees are 'enemy combatants'
The US Department of Defense (DOD) said Thursday that 14 "high-value" detainees have been designated as enemy combatants based on the recommendations of Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) . The detainees, including the alleged mast (More) |
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UK seeking release of British residents detained at Guantanamo Bay
The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office said Tuesday that it has asked the United States to release five Guantanamo Bay detainees who were legal residents in the UK prior to their detention. The Foreign Office said that the five detainees - Saudi (More) |
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Federal appeals court lifts stay on Guantanamo detainee transfer to Algeria
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit lifted a stay Thursday on the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria. The court instead put Belbacha's appeal on an expedited schedule. Belbacha is appealing a district judge (More) |
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US military violated CSRT rules on exculpatory evidence: CCR
Lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a petition Wednesday under the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA) challenging the enemy combatant designation of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, saying the US military violat (More) |
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Two alleged CIA rendition victims join ACLU lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary
Two men who allege that the CIA detained and tortured them in foreign prisons Wednesday joined a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against San Jose-based Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan . Iraqi citizen Bisher al-Rawi a (More) |
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Doctors say Guantanamo force-feeding violates medical ethics
Military doctors participating in the force-feeding of hunger-striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay are violating medical ethics, according to commentary published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) . The three auth (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee files emergency motion to prevent transfer to Algeria
Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha filed an emergency appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Monday to stop the government from transferring him from Guantanamo Bay to his home country, after US District Judge Rosemary (More) |
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CSRT summaries show most Guantanamo detainees pose terror threat: West Point report
The US Military Academy at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) said Wednesday that US military panels reviewing the status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay determined that most detainees represented a threat to US national security. The (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.
