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Approved Hamdan military commission charges [OMC]
Charges against Salim Hamdan under the Military Commissions Act, US Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, approved and referred by the Convening Authority for Military Commission, May 10, 2007. Read the full text of the charge notice, (More) |
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Hamdan charges referred to Guantanamo military commission
Charges against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] have been formally referred to a military commission , according to a statement from the US Department of Defense Thursday. Hamdan is charg (More) |
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US lawmakers introduce legislation to close Guantanamo prison
Three US lawmakers introduced legislation [HR 2212 text; summary] Tuesday to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , calling the prison a symbol of US failure and hypocrisy. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) announced the legislation with a statemen (More) |
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Jury selection begins in Guantanamo names court-martial
Jury selection is expected to begin Wednesday in the court-martial of US Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz, charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Espionage Act with leaking secret national defense information to a person outside (More) |
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Diaz Guantanamo names court-martial documents [US Navy]
United States v. Matthew M. Diaz, General Court-Martial before the Navy and Marine Corps Trial Judiciary - Central Judicial Circuit . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Case documents available :Affidavit of Mr. Michael Sweedo Defense motion (More) |
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Guantanamo commander backs away from proposed lawyer visit restrictions
Rear Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , has said that he supports so-called "habeas visits" of lawyers with detainees at the facility and no longer endorses visit restrictions along the lines outline (More) |
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'High value' Guantanamo detainee denies al-Qaeda connection
Guantanamo Bay detainee Gouled Hassan Dourad has denied accusations of involvement with al-Qaeda, according to a transcript of his April 28 hearing before a Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) released by the Pentagon Friday. Dourad, a Somal (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee released from Morocco custody
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was arrested by authorities upon being returned to his home country of Morocco has been released from custody, relatives reported. Criminal charges against Ahmed Errachidi were dropped after he appeared before (More) |
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Supreme Court refuses to bar Guantanamo detainee transfer to Libya
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] refused Tuesday to prevent the US military from transferring Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita to his home country of Libya, rejecting Zalita's arguments that he faced a & (More) |
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Lawyers lobby US legislators to return habeas rights to Guantanamo detainees
About 70 lawyers representing some of the top firms in the US Tuesday lobbied various congressional offices to restore the writ of habeas corpus to Guantanamo Bay detainees brought before military tribunals. The lawyers, who also included public def (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.
