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David Hicks trial report [LCA]
The United States v. David Matthew Hicks: Final Report of the Independent Observer for the Law Council of Australia, Law Council of Australia, July 24, 2007 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Australia lawyers group says Hicks military commission trial 'a charade'
The Law Council of Australia, the country's national organization for lawyers, on Tuesday issued harsh criticism of the trial of former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [Law Council backgrounder; JURIST news archive], saying the trial was &q (More) |
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Democratic senator urges censure of Bush over 'attack on rule of law' and Iraq war
US Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) Sunday announced his intention to introduce two censure resolutions against President George W. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and other administration officials, saying that the formal condemnation is necessary bec (More) |
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US appeals court says judges must see all evidence when reviewing detainee status
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled Friday that federal appeals courts reviewing "enemy combatant" designations of Guantanamo Bay detainees must review all evidence regarding that detainee . Th (More) |
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Khadr lawyers challenge validity of review tribunal judge appointments
Lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr [TrialWatch profile; JURIST news archive] filed a motion Thursday to suspend the proceedings of the Court of Military Commission Review , arguing that the appellate court's three (More) |
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Inter-American Commission considers legal status of Guantanamo detainees
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard oral arguments on the legal status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay on Friday, pursuant to a petition to renew precautionary measures initially granted in March 2002. Representatives from (More) |
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US transfers 16 Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabian custody
The US Defense Department announced Monday that 16 detainees have been transferred to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo Bay Monday, bringing the total of repatriated Saudi detainees up to 77. The 16 will remain in custody pending Saudi investigations i (More) |
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Senators press Rice on Guantanamo detainee transfers to torture states
A group of six Democratic senators sent a letter to the US State Department Friday, urging Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to take more steps to ensure that detainees transferred out of Guantanamo Bay will not be subjected to torture. The lett (More) |
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Momentum for a National Security Court
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn Sulmasy, a professor of law at the US Coast Guard Academy who made the case for a US national security court on JURIST a year before a recent op-ed backing the proposal ran in the New York Times, says that implementing a (More) |
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Against a US 'Terrorists' Court'
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says it is a sad day for America when respected legal scholars writing in the New York Times are advocating a separate US judicial regime - what they call a "nation (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.
