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Senate committee supports restoring habeas rights to Guantanamo detainees
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday voted 11-8 in support of a measure that would return habeas corpus rights to terror suspects imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 , sponsored by Sen. (More) |
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East African terror suspect transferred to Guantanamo
The US Department of Defense (DOD) Wednesday announced the transfer of Abdullahi Sudi Arale, a suspected East Africa al Qaeda (EAAQ) courier captured in Somalia, to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Arale is accused of aiding various EAAQ-aff (More) |
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No Unlawful Enemy Combatants at Guantanamo
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that while the Bush administration may attempt to fix the procedural problem that resulted in the recent dismissal of US militar (More) |
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Hamdan military commission charges dismissal [OMC]
United States of America v. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Guantanamo Bay Military Commission, June 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Khadr military commission charges dismissal [OMC]
United States of America v. Ohmar Ahmed Khadr, Guantanamo Bay Military Commission, June 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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US military judge drops charges against second Guantanamo detainee
US Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, the judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] Monday dismissed all charges [JURIST report; charge sheet, (More) |
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US military judge drops charges against Canadian Guantanamo detainee
The military judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] Monday dismissed all charges against Khadr, citing a lack of jurisdiction. A Guantanam (More) |
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Khadr not making Guantanamo plea deal: Canadian lawyer
Dennis Edney, a Canadian civilian lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive], said Friday that his client would not work out a plea deal with the US military because it would require Khadr to s (More) |
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DOD identifies Guantanamo suicide detainee
US military officials Thursday identified a deceased Saudi Arabian detainee who apparently committed suicide at the military prison Wednesday as Abdul Rahman Ma'ath Thafir al-Amri. Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) said in press release t (More) |
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Canadian Guantanamo detainee fires American lawyers days before arraignment
Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] fired all of his American lawyers on Wednesday, days before he is scheduled to appear for arraignment before a US military commission . According to his former Ma (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.
