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Former Guantanamo military lawyer sentenced to 6 months for leaking names
US Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz, a former staff judge advocate stationed at Guantanamo Bay , was sentenced Friday to six months in prison and is to be dismissed from the US Navy for leaking detainee names to a human rights lawyer. Diaz was convict (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo lawyers sue for recordings of client meetings
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of 16 lawyers who once represented Guantanamo Bay detainees to force US government agencies to turn over recordings allegedly made of the lawyers while meeting with their cli (More) |
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House calls for Guantanamo shutdown plan in defense spending bill amendment
The US House of Representatives voted 220-208 Thursday to pass an amendment to the FY'08 Defense Authorization Bill [PDF text; HR 1585 summary] to require the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop a report within 60 days after the bill (More) |
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Former Guantanamo military lawyer convicted of leaking detainee names
US Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz, a former staff judge advocate stationed at Guantanamo Bay , was convicted Thursday of one count of communicating secret information that could be used to injure the United States and three counts of leaking informa (More) |
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Guantanamo lawyers client-meeting recordings lawsuit [US DC]
Thomas Wilner, et al. v. National Security Agency and Department of Justice, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, May 17, 2007 . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Appeals court hears challenge to Guantanamo 'enemy combatant' status
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a case brought by Guantanamo Bay detainees challenging their designation as 'enemy combatants.' Last year, Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 , which barred Gu (More) |
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DOD says some former Guantanamo detainees joining fight against US after release
The US Department of Defense (DOD) Monday released the names and details of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees that it claims joined the fight against the US after their release from detention. Among those so identified was Mohamed Yusif Yaqub, w (More) |
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Former Guantanamo military lawyer on trial for leaking detainee names
The court-martial of the Navy lawyer accused of passing then-undisclosed names of Guantanamo detainees to a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) began Monday. In its opening statement, the prosecution argued that Lt. Cmdr. Matthe (More) |
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The Case Against Restricting Lawyers at Guantanamo
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz, Counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, says that DOJ-proposed restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees would chill communications between lawy (More) |
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DOJ withdraws proposed Guantanamo lawyer visit restriction
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday withdrew one of its proposals for tightened restrictions on contact between lawyers and their clients at Guantanamo Bay outlined in an earlier DOJ filing with the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Backtrac (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.
