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Guantanamo detainee dead in suspected suicide
A Saudi Arabian detainee held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay died Wednesday afternoon in what military officials characterized as an apparent suicide . The officials did not identify the detainee or disclose the manner of death. Approx (More) |
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Kuwait appeals court upholds acquittal of two ex-Guantanamo detainees
A Kuwaiti appeals court upheld the acquittal of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees Tuesday, agreeing with a lower court that there was insufficient evidence to convict . The two men, Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel al-Kundari , spent almost fiv (More) |
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ACLU sues Boeing subsidiary for allegedly facilitating CIA torture
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California Wednesday against San Jose-based Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan , alleging that the airline service provider knowingly (More) |
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DOD refuses to release Khalid Sheikh Mohammed tribunal tape
The US Department of Defense will not release audio recordings of the March 9 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay due to concerns that it could be used in terrorist propaganda, a military sp (More) |
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UK government assailed over 'stop and quiz' anti-terror proposal
The outgoing government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair has run into stiff criticism of a proposal to give police new "stop and question" powers under toughened anti-terror laws . The proposal, which was leaked to the media late last (More) |
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Yemen agrees to take most Yemeni Guantanamo detainees: official
Yemen has agreed to receive most Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo Bay , a senior Yemeni official told Reuters Sunday. The official said that "there are continuous talks with the Americans to hand over the Yemenis in Guantanamo to the Yemeni (More) |
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Hicks won't challenge post-release control order: lawyer
A lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Monday that Hicks does not plan to challenge the legality of any control order imposed after his release from prison in Australia. David McLeod said that Hicks is grateful for efforts ma (More) |
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Flawed prosecution in Diaz
Donald G. Rehkopf, Jr. : "Lawyers and law students, civilian and military, need to pause and seriously consider both the court-martial and verdict in the case of Navy JAG, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz. My comments are not about the moral i (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee threatens suicide in new letter
Jumah Muhammad al-Dossari , a Bahraini detainee that has been held at Guantanamo Bay without charges since January 2002, threatened in a letter released Sunday by his lawyer that if he had "the opportunity would end life" due to the des (More) |
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Hicks transferred to Australia to finish Guantanamo sentence
Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks was transferred to a maximum security prison near his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia Sunday to serve the remainder of his nine-month prison sentence. In March, a US military commission at Guantan (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.
